Career Related Assessments
The following assessments require a fee (except for Vista Cards).
Meet with a career counselor to arrange to take these assessments.
The advantages of using one or more of the following assessments is you will receive a printout of your results,
discuss the meaning of your results with a counselor; and therefore, have a more comprehensive perspective
on your career development. The Strong Interest Inventory and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator are available to take through Career Buffs (need authorization first).
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Birkman Direct
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StrengthsQuest
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Do What You Are
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
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Strong Interest Inventory
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Birkman Direct: A self-report questionnaire eliciting responses about perception of self, social
context (others), and career opportunities. The Birkman provides a measure and understanding of individual
performance potential, clarifies strengths and effective behaviors, interests and goals, management styles,
thinking styles, underlying needs, and stress (ineffective) behaviors.
Cost: $60
Time: 1 hour
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StrengthsQuest: StrengthsQuest is a 30-minute, web-based assessment that
measures the presence of talent in 34 areas called "themes." This assessment points to your greatest
talents and potential strengths. The results given will be a description of your 5 Signature Talents.
Meeting with a Career Services Counselor will enable you to integrate and understand how to utilize this
information after taking the assessment.
Cost: $15
Time: 30 minutes
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Do What You Are: An inventory which assesses one's MBTI type through situational narratives with which
college students can readily identify. This is a more holistic way to look at theory. The companion
"Do What You Are" book explores careers in a variety of fields as well as developmental issues a student
may have in planning his or her career.
Cost: $6.00
Time: 45 minutes
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Based on Jung's theory, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a widely used personality
inventory and a resource in career management, conflict resolution, team and leadership development. The
MBTI determines preferences on four dichotomies: Extraversion/Introversion, Sensing/Intuition,
Thinking/Feeling, and Judging/Perceiving.
Cost: $23.00 (includes interpretive booklet)
Time: 1 hour
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Strong Interest Inventory: SII is an elaborate online assessment that codes occupational interests based on
personal likes and dislikes of activities, occupations, academic courses and people.
Cost: $10.00-$17.00
Time: 45 minutes
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The following are free card sort assessments and would be conducted in the office with a counselor.
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Motivated Skills
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Career Values
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VISTa Life/Career Cards
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Motivated Skills: A quick and easy way to identify your motivated skills that are central to personal
and career satisfaction and success. Based on experience, feedback and instinct, the cards will help you
assess your proficiency and motivation in 48 transferable skills areas.
Time: 30 minutes
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Career Values: A simple tool that helps you prioritize your values. Fifty-four variables of work
satisfaction - such as time freedom, precision work, power, technical competence and public contact - are
listed and described.
Time: 30 minutes
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VISTa Life/Career Cards: The VISTa Life/Career cards provides a simple, experiential tool to assist you in
discovering your personal values, interests, skills and traits, by means of sorting cards.
Time: 1.5 hours
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The following assessments are free of charge to students. Students are strongly encouraged to discuss the
results of any of these assessments with a career counselor.
- FOCUS-2 is a free online, self-guided and interactive program designed to help you select a CU-Boulder major and plan for your post-graduation plans.
- Choices Career Explorer
gives information about occupations, education and training options, and financial aid.
- O*Net Skills Search
allows you to explore and identify your skills and learn about various careers related to your skills.
- CareerZone
allows you to take a quick assessment of your interest in work environments and gives you numerous occupations
that fit your interest area. You can click on the occupation to learn more about the daily tasks, education,
similar occupations, etc.
- Human Metrics
offers a short quiz to learn your Jungian type. Once you receive your type, go to
personalitypage.com to learn more about your type and
how your personality relates to careers, relationships, etc.
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