Career Assessments
The Career Planning and Workforce Development Center helps students discover their interests, values, skills, strengths, and personality through careeer counseling and utilizing career assessment tools. Career assessments are recommended for the first step in self-evaluation, major selection and career decision-making activities.
To get more information about the career assessments, please schedule a career counseling appointment at (714) 484-7120 or stop by the Career Center at CCCPLX-215.
Personality and Workplace Preferences
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- Helps you explore your preferences
- Verifies your personality type.
- Relates results to career options, relationships, education and many other aspects of your life.
- Helps improve work and personal relationships, increase productivity, and identify leadership and interpersonal communication preferences.
Interests
Strong Interest Inventory (SII)
- Helps you understand your work interests.
- Shows you some kinds of work in which you might be comfortable.
- Results are in personality themes of Holland Personality
- Types, work categories, and specific job titles.
- Profile includes your basic occupational areas, and comparison to specific occupational titles.
Self-Directed Search (SDS)
- Identifies personality preferences and Holland Code.
- Explores program of study and work environments.
- Overview of salaries associated with occupations that interest you.
Abilities
Ability Profiler
Computerized program within Choices360.com that . . .
- Give you an understanding of your abilities in arithmetic reasoning, computation, vocabulary, three-dimensional space, name comparison, and object matching.
- Demonstrates the relevance between aptitude scores and the world of work.
Website: Choices360
Click: Create an Account
Access Key: CA01178
Ability Profiler Password: begin
Values
Knowdell Career Values Card Sort
Values Card Sort deck is used in career counseling sessions and career classes to help you . . .
- Identify your internal and external self-motivators which influence your life choices.
- Identify your needs in work settings in order to feel satisfaction in your career choices.
Assessment Cost
Cypress College is dedicated and committed to the success of our Students by removing barriers to quality resources. Currently, all career assessments are FREE of charge to registered Cypress College Students. Career Assessments are determined and interpreted by our certified Career Counselors.