Embrace What Makes You Uniquely You
Finding a career that excites you starts by understanding who you are - your values, strengths, interests, and personality.
Ask yourself
- What energizes me?
- What skills do I enjoy using?
- What kind of work matters to me?
Use the career and personality self-assessments below to explore these aspects of yourself and consider potential career paths.
Take a Career Assessment
The Bearcat Promise Career Studio provides these structured self-assessments free of charge to current UC students:
- Benefits: This questionnaire helps you understand your preferences and how you perceive and interact with the world. It offers insights into your decision-making processes and behaviors.
- How to Participate: Schedule an appointment with your career coach and request to complete the assessment.
- Benefits: This assessment provides insights into your interests, helping you explore potential careers and educational paths. It reveals how your interests align with various fields of work.
- How to Participate: Schedule an appointment with your career coach and request to complete the assessment.
After completing an assessment, you'll have the opportunity to discuss your results with a career coach.
These tools are also designed to provide insights into personal strengths and preferences, aiding in career planning and development. Each resource offers a unique approach to self-discovery and can be accessed through the provided links or by scheduling appointments for certain assessments.
O*NET Interest Profiler (My Next Move)
Explore your interests and find careers that match them with the O*NET Interest Profiler. This tool helps you identify your work-related interests and suggests potential career paths. Start My Next Move
CareerOneStop Skills Matcher
Identify your skills and match them to potential careers using the CareerOneStop Skills Matcher. It helps you understand your skill set and find occupations that utilize them effectively. Start Skills Matcher
VIA Institute on Character – VIA Survey
Discover your character strengths with the VIA Survey, an assessment that helps you recognize your core virtues and character traits. Start VIA Survey
Truity’s Career Personality Profiler
Gain insights into your personality and how it relates to career options with Truity’s Career Personality Profiler. This tool offers a comprehensive analysis of your personality traits. Start Career Personality Profiler
ImaginePhD (for Graduate Students and Postdocs)
ImaginePhD is a career exploration and planning tool specifically for graduate students and postdocs. It provides resources tailored to advanced academic career paths. Access ImaginePhD
16Personalities
Explore your personality type and how it influences your career choices with the 16Personalities assessment. It offers a detailed personality analysis based on the MBTI framework. Start 16 Personalities
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
To take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, schedule a career coaching appointment. This assessment helps you understand your personality type and its impact on your career preferences. Schedule a career coaching appointment to discuss taking this assessment.
Strong Interest Inventory
The Strong Interest Inventory helps you identify your interests and how they relate to various career options. Schedule a career coaching appointment to explore this assessment. Schedule a career coaching appointment to discuss taking this assessment.
Clifton Strengths (Fee-Based)
Discover your strengths and how they can be applied in your career with the Clifton Strengths assessment. This fee-based tool provides valuable insights into your unique talents.
These resources offer valuable tools for self-discovery, helping you to make informed decisions about your career path based on your unique interests, skills, and personality traits.
Next Steps
Schedule an appointment with your career coach and request to complete the assessment.