Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

Career Assessments

When you are making a career or educational decision, it is important to know some of the key characteristics about yourself that will influence that decision. Clearly understanding your interests, strengths and abilities, personality preferences and what is important will be extremely helpful in making successful choices.

One way to uncover these personal characteristics is to use self-assessment tools. Assessments are designed to help you identify these characteristics and how they relate to school or career goals. A common myth about self-assessment tools is that they tell you what major or career to pursue. While there is no assessment that can determine your perfect career or major, self-assessments can help you clarify choices, discover career options you may not have considered and help you make a choice that is a good fit for you.

Some of the self-assessment tools may be done on your own, but others are done at the Career Center with assistance from a career counselor. Choose one of the links below:

• Self-assessment
• Career Center assessment

Career Center Assessments

Students are offered an assessment packet as determined by the Career Counselor.  Our packet consists of the following inventories:

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator – can help you understand your personality preferences and how they relate to career choice.

Self Directed Search – is based on a career theory that people who choose careers that match their interests and skills will most likely be satisfied and successful in their career choice. The Self Directed Search will help you understand how your individual interests and skills relate to career choice.

Self-Assessments

A good place to start if you are exploring careers or majors is to try the following Self-Assessments:

• The Career Interests Game
• Career Zone
• Career Key
• Workplace Values Assessment
• Career Values Assessment
• Skills Assessment
• The Six Rules About Taking Career Tests
• CNFC.org offers descriptions of different careers, salary information, the employment outlook for the next few years, educational requirements for specific careers and schools that offer these educational programs.  To access these details, click on CNFC.org, click on the blue "Career Center" tab and go to CFNC Bridges Planning Tools.  Continue by following the prompts to create your own free account.