| CAREER ASSESSMENTS
Are you trying to develop career or academic focus? Are you unsure of what to major in? Career counselors at the Career Services Office use a variety of different methods to help you learn more about your career interests. If you are a first or second-year student, an assessment may help determine if your chosen major field will be a good fit with your interests. For older students, career inventories may help fine tune the job search upon graduation or facilitate their ability to find work environments or industries which best match their temperaments, values, interests and skills. A discussion with a career counselor may help you decide which assessment is best for you!
The following assessments are currently available through Career Services. See below for details of each assessment and access information.
Discover®
Do What You Are: see sample report
Strong Interest Inventory: see sample report
DISCOVER® offers guidance and information to help you make important career and educational decisions. Your ideas about who you are and what you want to become influence your career plans and decisions. The role of the inventories in DISCOVER® is to collect information about you and organize it in a way to assist your career exploration and planning. To find out more about the Features and Benefits of this program and how to interpret your results, click here.
To get started with DISCOVER go here!
In the User ID box, type 13551-@Your Banner ID. It would look like this 13551-@01010101. Then click "Submit".
You will be asked to select a password. (NOTE: first time users do not enter a password.) Be sure to write your password down somewhere. If you have difficulties accessing the instrument, you can either call us at (210) 458.4589 or email us at career.services@utsa.edu
Do What You Are is an inventory which assesses your MBTI personality preferences through narratives readily identifiable by college students. This is a more holistic approach to career planning. The companion "Do What You Are" book explores careers in a variety of fields guiding you in finding a career area which best fits with your personality. To find out more about the Features and Benefits of this program and how to interpret your results, click here.
In order to access and complete Do What You Are, you will need to make an appointment with a career counselor by calling 210-458-4589. The career counselor will review the procedures to take the assessment and will set you up in the program so that you can access Do What You Are via the web and complete it at your convenience. It will take about 30-40 minutes to complete the assessment and there is no charge to you as a student. If you have difficulties accessing the instrument, you can either call us at (210) 458.4589 or email us at career.services@utsa.edu.
For more interpretative tools, access these sites:
What Can I Do with My Personality Type? - If you're wondering what kinds of careers you might find appealing based on your personality, click your type code to find out!
MBTI Profile Types – scroll down almost to the bottom and you will find a square grid with each of the personality types represented. Click on your identified type and learn about characteristics unique to each personality type and how they influence an individual’s way of communicating and interacting with others.
 The Strong Interest Inventory (SII) helps you make career decisions by identifying your likes and dislikes. It compares your choices, analyzes them, and makes a general summary of possible career choices based upon your responses. This allows you to plan your career direction and determine which path is right for you. To find out more about the Features and Benefits of this program and how to interpret your results, click here.
In order to access and complete the Strong Interest Inventory®, you will need to make an appointment with a career counselor by calling 210-458-4589. The career counselor will review the procedures to take the assessment so that you can access the Strong Interest Inventory via the web and complete it at your convenience. It will take about 30-40 minutes to complete the assessment and there is no charge to you as a student. If you have difficulties accessing the instrument, you can either call us at (210) 458.4589 or email us at career.services@utsa.edu.
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