Self-Assessment
Knowing who you are is the foundation of effective career management.
It’s a widely held myth that when you enter graduate school you know exactly what you want to do for a career. What often happens through your time in your graduate program is a distillation process that generates more focused goals.
Most career fields have numerous functional skills and content areas, as well as diverse work environments. Taking time to assess your strengths, interests, skills and personality can help you make career decisions and determine where you best fit to make the most meaningful contribution to your field.
The Center for Advising and Career Services offers several career assessment tools to help:
Measures the presence of 34 talent themes, and you work with your top talents to turn them into strengths. Studies show that people who focus on their strengths tend to make better choices in their lives, demonstrate higher levels of productivity, and show increased self-confidence
A personality assessment that measures your preferences and can improve both your personal and professional relationships. This is the world’s most widely used personality assessment.
A new tool to see where you can make the most valuable contribution within an organization.
Contact
For more information and to get started on the self-assessment process, contact Edy Rhodes in the Center for Advising and Career Services.