Advising Resources for Students
Stuff To Check Out
A Road Less Traveled: Following Your Dreams Toward Success
Source: William Johnson, College of New Jersey, NACADA Conference, October 2004.
Step 1: Learning about Self
Personality Assessment
- Personality Checklist (University of Waterloo)
- Identifying Your Style (University of Waterloo)
- Temperament Sorter II (AdvisorTeam)
- TypeFocus Personality Assessment Test
- Insight Reporting System
Learning/Thinking Assessment
- Hermann Brain Dominance Instrument (Houghton Mifflin Company)
- Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire (North Carolina State University)
Step 2: The Important Things to Me
Values Assessment
- Your Values (University of Waterloo)
- Values Assessment (University of New Orleans)
- Self-Assessment: Values (University of Denver)
- Work-Related Values Assessment (about.com)
Skills Assessment
- Transferable Skills Survey (University of Minnesota-Duluth)
- Skills Search (Occupational Information Network-O*NET Online)
- Skills Assessment (Arizona State University)
- Your Skills (University of Waterloo)
- ISEEK Skills Assessment
Step 3: Matching Personality, Values, and/or Skills to Career Interests
Career Interests Assessments
- Interests Assessment (Rutgers University - New Brunswick)
- Career Focus 2000 Interest Inventory (Internet Career Connection)
- The Career Key (North Carolina State Univeresity)
- The Princeton Review Career Quiz