Career & Self-Assessments
Making a major or career decision involves asking yourself a number of self-reflecting questions. Key and poignant questions can help determine what motivates you, where your skills or potential lay, and what you want out of life. This process is called a career- or self-assessment. The outcomes of these assessments can be quite enlightening and are designed to help you choose a career or major that best suits you as an individual.
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Career Coach
What are your top three traits? How about your top career matches? Career Coach will help you with these answers and much more:
- Find the LPC Programs to get you to your goals.
- Take a career assessment that asks about your interests.
- Discover majors and in-demand careers based on your interests.
- Explore salaries and job projections for the Bay Area.
- Build your résumé.
Gladeo Bay Area
Find a path to your career in the San Francisco Bay Area. Take a short quiz, watch videos about Bay Area careers, view facts and career roadmaps about a career, based on interviews with professionals working in the field:
Personality Assessments
Knowing your personality type can not only help you with choosing a major or career but also once you’re on the job.
- Take a free, short personality assessment to find your type:
- Then, find out more about careers that fit your personality type:
RoadTrip Nation
Take a 3-question career assessment about your interests and then watch videos and read about professionals who have pursued careers that match your interests. Learn about others' career journeys:
Career One-Stop
The Department of Labor is sponsor and partner in the national network of One-Stop Job Centers, similar to the Tri-Valley Career Center. Its site has a host of information for your career exploration, including self-assessments. It includes separate assessments for your interests, skills and work values.
Labor Market Resources
Explore nationwide data about different occupations, including their common tasks, salary, expected growth, and educational requirements:
Find the average salary range for any job in any location:
See the current labor market in action and filter for salary, experience level, location, and more: