The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) helps identify personality preferences related to how you focus your attention, acquire information, make decisions, and orient yourself toward the world. Knowing your personality preferences can help in understanding your unique strengths, what kind of work you might enjoy and how people with different preferences relate to one another.

This assessment generally takes about 20-30 minutes, and can be an invaluable tool in understanding yourself and your unique design. After taking the MBTI, you will meet with a Career Counselor to go over your results, as well as receive a written report to keep.

The Strong Interest Inventory (SII) assists in identifying your patterns of interest and then compares your interests to those of successful people in a variety of occupations. The results are based on interests only, not on aptitude or ability, and can be helpful in clarifying the areas of your greatest passion. This inventory may suggest occupations that you might find interesting, but have not considered yet.

The SII is taken on computer and can generally be completed within 30 minutes. You will then have opportunity to meet with a Career Counselor to discuss the results, as well as receive a written report.

Understanding yourself is an important part of succeeding in college, career or any area of interest. Developed by the Gallup Organization, StrengthsFinder is a web-based assessment that enables you to discover your top five strengths, that is, the natural talents through which you can fulfill your personal potential.

Once you complete the assessment, you will have opportunity to discuss with a career counselor how your strengths relate to your academic and professional career goals, and where you can gain further information to continue learning about your strengths. A StrengthsQuest book is available for more detailed information on strengths and how they can help you be successful.

The SkillScan is a hands-on assessment that helps you identify the abilities in which you have the greatest competency, and at the same time, most enjoy doing. The information you gather will assist you in determining which skills you want to emphasize in your work and those you may want to minimize or eliminate, resulting in more satisfying work.

This assessment is taken in conjunction with a career counseling appointment of approximately 45 minutes. The results can assist you in clarifying your skills, in preparing a resume or for articulating your strengths and abilities during an interview.

Values are considered to be one of the most important factors in finding satisfying work. The KVS is designed to help you identify those attributes of work that will most satisfy you and motivate you in your career. The KVS sorts these values into five different categories, helping you clarify why you want to work, how you do your work, the people that you prefer to work with, what you want to get back from your work, and in what type of environment you would like to work.

This assessment is taken in conjunction with a career counseling appointment of approximately 45 minutes. You will receive a workbook and summary of results.

This assessment is a hands-on tool which assists you in defining factors that affect your career satisfaction. It can help you identify what is most important to you, what you want in a career or work environment, as well as areas of value conflict, which may affect career choices. The information gathered will assist you with your career decisions and job search, as well as in the interview process.

The Career Values Card Sort is taken in conjunction with a career counseling appointment of approximately 45 minutes, where you will take and discuss the assessment and receive written results.

Understanding how God has gifted you is an important part of discerning God's callings and potential avenues for work and service. Career Services has two Spiritual Gifts Inventories; one online version, and one in booklet form. Both can be helpful. For more information or to take a spiritual gifts inventory, give Career Services a call at x 4875.

LifeKeys (book and workbook) is a comprehensive guide to life and career planning from a Christian perspective. It contains a series of quick and easy assessments on personality, interests, spiritual gifts, values and life mission while guiding you in making decisions about possible career options. Working through the LifeKeys workbook with a Career Counselor usually takes about 5 weeks/sessions and can give you highly practical and personally valuable information to help you move forward in your life and career planning. To find out more or to begin the process, call Career Services at x 4875.