Assess Your Skills and Interests
Planning your career is a challenging and exciting process. Your skills, interests, personality, and values play an important role in your career choice.
Self-assessment is the process of gathering information about yourself in order to make informed career decisions and ultimately establish a successful career identity. We offer a number of assessments for current UC students and alumni.
Assessment Name |
How It's Useful |
How to Take It |
What Does It Cost? |
An introspective questionnaire designed to indicate your preferences and how you perceive the world around you to make decisions or act. |
Make an appointment with your career coach and ask to complete the assessment. |
Free |
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Insight into your personal interests in relation to potential careers, educational paths, and the world of work. |
Make an appointment with your career coach and ask to complete the assessment. |
Free |
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CliftonStrengths for Students |
Discover your talents and learn how to use them in everyday life and in your professional development. Focuses on developing your unique strengths and using your natural talents to succeed. |
If you have already completed the assessment: Make an appointment with your career coach and ask for coaching on your strengths. If you need to complete the assessment:
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$11.99 when you use your .edu email address to purchase the assessment. |
Self-Directed Search
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The SDS is based on a theory that people and work environments can be classified according to six types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional
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By asking questions about your aspirations, activities, and talents, the assessment generates potential careers of interest.
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Free |
Additional Resources
- You can take other self-assessments online, for example:
- Take a Professional Development course