Career Exploration & Transitions

Unemployment resources 

Career Inventories

Inventories for your interest, skills, work value and personality can be powerful tools to use to help you find the job and career that is right for you. Not sure which one to pick?  Read over this Guide to Career Assessments (With Definition and Types)  from Indeed. Please note that these following websites are not affiliated with the library and might have subscription costs associated with them. 

  • 16 Personalities - take a quiz to understand yourself and your decision process. 
  • Character Strengths Assessment - discover your strengths in this assessment tool from the VIA Institute on Character. 
  • Illinois Career Information System  - From the State of Illinois, visit the Self-Surveys section to find entrepreneurial assessments, interest profilers, work preferences surveys, workplace employability skills and much more. 
  • MAPP Career Test from Career Explorer- Create an account with this commercial site to identify your motivations and learning how to use them to be successful in your career and life plan.
  • Northstar Digital Literacy Assessment- Assess your current technology skills by taking an online assessment. 
  •  O*NET Interest Profiler - An interest survey that uses the science of the Holland Theory of Career Choice  to help you connect your personal interests to occupational interests.
  • Work Values - a card sort activity that helps you narrow down the values that are most important to you. 
  • Work Values Matcher - take a quiz to see how you prioritize work values and learn which careers match your values. 

 

Library resources to help you explore career options. 

BlueCareer  Learn about 100+ trades in more than a dozen industries.  

Learning Express Library Use the Jobs & Career Accelerator section to explore occupations, skills sets, and find a career match. 

 

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