Self/Career Assessments through Career Services

Clifton StrengthsFinder

• Why take this assessment?
• To identify your top five areas of talents
• Learn ways to describe talents in the classroom, work and social settings

• To take the StrengthsFinder:
• Bring $10 fee with you when you come to get your StrengthsFinder information to take this online assessment.

• Getting the results:
• Schedule a follow up appointment to discuss the results of the assessment.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

• Why take the MBTI?
• To identify your preferences
• To understand your preferences
• To discover how your preferences apply to a career decision

• The MBTI measures valuable differences that result from:
  • the way people like to take in information
  • where people like to focus their attention
  • the way people like to make decisions
  • the kind of lifestyle people adopt

• To take the MBTI:
  Email careers@hope.edu for login information

• To get the results:
  The results will be available within 2 days after taking the assessment online. To get the your results, schedule an appointment with Trudi in the Office of Career Services. Cost for the results is $10* paid at the time of the appointment.

• Why take the SII?
  • to objectively identify interests
  • to provide a framework for organizing interests into the world of work
  • to help identify relevant majors and occupations that may not have been considered before

• The Strong Interest Inventory measures interests that are:
  • vocational
  • avocational (leisure, recreational)
  • environmental (working, living, playing)
  • reflective of preferences for types of people (co-workers, friends, significant others)
  • does not test abilities or skill level--only interests

• To take the "Strong":
  • Email careers@hope.edu for login information to take this assessment online

• Getting the results
• The results will be available within 2 days after taking the assessment online. To get the your results, schedule an appointment with Trudi in the Office of Career Services. Cost for the results is $15* paid at the time of the appointment.

*If you take both the MBTI and the SII, the cost is reduced to $20 total for both assessments.

VALUES AND SKILLS CARDSORT
This is a hands-on exercise that allows you to prioritize work values in four areas: work environment, work content, work relationships, and intrinsic values. This information can then be used as you assess the fit between various career fields and work environments and your own needs and desires.

The Skills cardsort exercise helps you to pick out and categorize your competencies. Through this process, you can readily identify your skills to apply in the work place or incorporate into your decision-making about majors or careers and preparations for resume writing and interviewing. There is no cost for this assessment.

• To do a cardsort:
• Schedule a one-hour appointment for individual counseling by calling the Office of Career Services.

• Getting the results:
  • There is no fee for this assessment and the results are immediate.