Career Assessments on the Web
Links to Career Assessments on the WEB (free or low cost - not affiliated with UCSC)
Please be aware that these assessment exercises are helpful tools but are not predictors of employment success. Be sure to meet with a career adviser to discuss your career interests. The assessments below are free or low cost.
Personality Assessments
Myers-Briggs Personality
Type Assessment
-Select “Free Assessment”. Offers career insights based
on MBTI
Personality
Type
-Career choices based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Begin
at take the quiz “Discover Your Type”
Keirsey Temperament
and Character Sorter
70- item questionnaire; feedback on personality type and suitable
jobs. For a more in depth analysis there is a cost of $14.95 for
a regular report and $19.95 for a career report.
Career Interest Assessments
The Career
Key
Cost = $9.95 Questions determine Holland code and jobs associated;
links to the Occupational Outlook Handbook
The
Career Interests Game
Free- A career exercise in color to help you choose your Holland
career type. Click on Career Interests Game.
Princeton
Review Career Quiz
You will need to register on the site to gain entry to the career
quiz.
Career
Link
Free, good career assessment developed by Monterey Peninsula College.
Skills Assessment
O*Net
Free - Developed by the US Dept. of Labor; extensive information
on occupations, can search for occupations by skill areas. Excellent
resource. Go to “Skills Search” and select skills you
would most enjoy using in a future job.
