Career Assessments

What are career assessments?

Career assessments are the process of identifying your individual skills, personality, interests and values.

Value: Something intrinsically valuable or desirable (sought material). A value is anything to which a person gives worth, merit or usefulness. Values give direction, without them life becomes aimless - without commitment or meaning.
Interest: A feeling that accompanies or causes special attention to an object or class of objects. Extracurricular Activities...Athletics...Community Service....Greek Life ... Music...Leadership Opportunities.... Theater...Clubs...Art
Personality: The characteristics that distinguish an individual. A totality of an individual’s behavioral and emotional characteristics.
Skill: The ability to use one’s knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance. A skill is simply any ability to do something whether it is recently acquired or ability you have had for years. Skills can be things you do only with great difficulty or they can be things you do effortlessly.

CREW Center
To use DISCOVER Career Planning Program Visit the CREW Center to obtain a user ID. The DISCOVER program:
- is a computer based system career guidance and information system developed by ACT
- includes a 3 part career assessment that can assist you in understanding how programs of study connect with career opportunities
- is research-based and updated each year
- is a database of info. About occupations, majors, schools, scholarships, military options, etc.
- can be used from any computer with internet access (Note: you must first obtain a user ID and instructions from the CREW Center)
Kentuckiana College Access Center (KCAC) www.metroversity.org/kcac.htm
Services (Note: You must make an appointment for Career Counseling or Scholarship information.)
- Career Counseling
- Scholarships
- Financial Aid Forms: Completing forms and electronic filing of financial aid forms

Tools or instruments which provide a systematic method of gathering information and aid in decision making
Descriptions of people’s characteristics based on interest and personality traits
Helpful in narrowing your career options
Helpful in understanding your interaction and communications with others
Measure how your interests and personality compare with people employed in various career fields
Helpful in understanding which types of work environments compliment your personality and style
Provide you with new directions or confirm what you already know
Provide an excellent first step in the career exploration process