No career assessment can tell you “what to be” or “what to do,” but the good ones can give you excellent insight into “who you are” to help you decide which majors, occupations, and career fields you might want to explore further.
Below you’ll find our favorite assessments to help students get insight into their interests, personal style, values, and skills.
For some of these assessments, your first step is to meet with a career counselor. To get connected with a career counselor, email CareerExplorationCenter@lanecc.edu or call 541-463-3700.
Career Coach
We recommend starting with Career Coach! In this program, you can take a brief 60-question interest assessment to discover career fields and occupations that match your interests. You can also explore Lane's programs to see our certificates, degrees, and transfer areas that will prepare you for these occupations. Watch a 30-minute video demonstrating Career Coach here.
- Download the "Exploring Interests with Career Coach worksheet" so you can summarize and reflect on your results. Step Two on the worksheet shows you how to use a related website (O*NET) to find other occupations that match your assessment results.
- Access Career Coach.
- Follow the worksheet instructions to set up your account, take the 60-question assessment, get your results, and explore the program. Discover additional occupations that match your interests by completing "step two" on the worksheet.
- Meet with a career advisor or career counselor to review and discuss your results.
Strong Interest Inventory
This inventory is one of the most highly respected and researched career assessments available. After surveying your likes and dislikes, the results include career fields, occupations, and college majors that you might want to explore further, based on your interests. The "Strong" is used with students in career counseling. To take this inventory:
- Meet with a career counselor for an initial career counseling appointment.
Email CareerExplorationCenter@lanecc.edu to request an appointment. - AFTER meeting with a career counselor, use this link to Pay the $15 fee.
- Your counselor will email you a link to the assessment website.
- Meet with your career counselor to interpret and discuss your results.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Through a series of questions, this tool helps you identify your natural preferences in four different areas of personality. Understanding your personality type provides insight to help with decisions related to career choice and preferred work environments. The "MBTI" is used with students in career counseling. To take this assessment:
- Meet with a career counselor for an initial career counseling appointment.
Email CareerExplorationCenter@lanecc.edu to request an appointment. - AFTER meeting with a career counselor, use this link to Pay the $17 fee.
- Your counselor will email you the link to the assessment website.
- Meet with your career counselor to interpret and discuss your results.
Kerwin Values Survey
This tool provides insight into your career-related values and what’s important to you in your career and work environments. It’s a card sort that results in your prioritized “must have,” “would like to have,” and “want to avoid” work values. To take this survey:
- Meet with a career counselor or career advisor for an initial career counseling appointment.
- Come to the Career Exploration Center to complete the card sort and summary sheet.
- Meet with your career counselor or career advisor to review and discuss your results.
SKILLS
This tool helps you explore occupations based on skills you like to use and want to use in your future work. It also helps you recognize how you can transfer skills between occupations. To take this assessment:
- Email us at CareerExplorationCenter@lanecc.edu so we can show you how to create your Oregon Career Information System account and use their SKILLS program.
- Meet with a career advisor or career counselor to review and discuss your results.