{"id":1745,"date":"2020-04-27T13:10:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T17:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/career-services\/?page_id=1745"},"modified":"2025-09-11T13:53:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:53:46","slug":"self-assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/career-services\/exploration\/self-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Assessments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lead\"><strong>The more objective you are about your skills, strengths, interests, and values, the more informed and empowering your career\/academic decisions will be.<\/strong><\/div>\n<h2>Process recommendations:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Choose assessments that match up with your main questions or priorities.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Compare results..<\/b>\n<ol>\n<li>Between different career assessments<\/li>\n<li>In relation to what you know about yourself - i.e. through experience<\/li>\n<li>To feedback received from people you respect<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Use career assessment results to:<\/b>\n<ol>\n<li>Inform (vs. replace) your current understanding of yourself<\/li>\n<li>Form new questions about: who you are, what is possible, and what career direction(s) to explore or pursue<\/li>\n<li>Inform your next career development steps<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Write down action steps <\/strong>that will help you test, confirm, rule out, or build upon career assessment results.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Review your assessment results at a later time <\/strong>to gain additional insights and\/or get back on track.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Retake assessments or take other career assessments<\/strong> in the future, as needed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"su-accordion su-u-trim gcc\">\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Interests &amp; Values<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careeronestop.org\/ExploreCareers\/Assessments\/work-values.aspx\">CareerOneStop Work Values Matcher<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careeronestop.org\/toolkit\/careers\/interest-assessment.aspx\">CareerOneStop Interest Assessment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnstate.edu\/careerexploration\/planningtools\/interest-assessment\/index.html\">Career Cluster Interest Survey<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.16personalities.com\/free-personality-test\">Free 16 Personalities Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keirsey.com\/\">Keirsey Temperament Sorter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Your Skills &amp; Employ-ability<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myskillsmyfuture.org\/\">MySkills myFuture Assessment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careeronestop.org\/Toolkit\/Skills\/skills-matcher-questions.aspx\">CareerOneStop Skills Matcher Assessment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.deed.state.mn.us\/lmi\/ota\/OccupationSelectA.aspx\">Job Skills Transfer Assessment Tool (JOBSTAT)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philadelphiafed.org\/surveys-and-data\/community-development-data\/occupational-mobility-explorer\">Occupation Mobility Explorer<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Find out if your current skills could be used in a higher paying job.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/agilities.org\/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=g-tr-alwayson24-search&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwzva1BhD3ARIsADQuPnX_EEonGNNY9GdUYuYlkWfLab5A5yRC8hCUgocemB9DgVFHJPHIbCQaAgZXEALw_wcB\">Agile Work Profiler<\/a> &#8211; Ranks your top 10 competencies, which are universal to all occupations.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/career-services\/exploration\/marketable-skills\/\">More Marketable Skills information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Take Career \/ Finances \/ Lifestyle Assessments<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/career-services\/exploration\/reality-checking\/\">Reality Check webpage<\/a> for assessments, calculators, and other tools that will help you determine what your financial and lifestyle goals &#8211; 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