Planning & Assessment Resources

The most important part of a job search is setting your direction. Identifying those skills and strengths that you want to utilize in your work is critical to your career success. The more your interests and skills are involved in your work, the more satisfied you are with your work.

Alumni Career Services offers 2 assessment tools online.

  • Strong Interest and Skills Inventory

    Compares your vocational interests to those of people who report being happy with their work.

  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

    Indicates your strengths when working with others.

To learn more about these tools and how to access them, please contact Alumni Career Services.

There are many ways to approach self-assessment. Here are some links that might prove helpful:

  • Career Development Manual

    Brought to you by the University of Waterloo. Nicely lays out the steps in the career development process, along with specific exercises to help you along.

  • Franklin Covey Mission Statement Builder

    "Creating a Personal Mission Statement will be, without question, one of the most powerful and significant things you will ever do to take leadership of your life. In it you will identify the first, most important roles, relationships, and things in your life--who you want to be, what you want to do, to whom and what you want to give your life, the principles you want to anchor your life to, the legacy you want to leave. All the goals and decisions you will make in the future will be based upon it. It's like deciding first which wall you want to lean your ladder of life against, and then beginning to climb. It will be a compass--a strong source of guidance the stormy seas and pressing, pulling currents of your life." - Dr. Stephen Covey. Use this Web site to help you through a step-by-step process on this important topic.

  • Offical Keirsey Site

    Visit the official Kiersey site if you want even more info. Self-reflection is an important piece of career development. If you have questions, please contact a career advisor.

  • What Color is Your Parachute?

    This Web site is a companion piece to the book that is called the best selling job-hunting book in the world. Lots of advice on HOW and WHY to do things, as well as many links to all phases of the career and job search process.