Would you like to learn more about your strengths and interests? Career Services offers a variety of assessments to guide students in self-discovery and career exploration. Assessments help students and alumni gain an understanding of themselves and others in order to increase their effectiveness at school, home, and work. Please review the assessments below and contact us for more information at 716-839-8334 or careerservices@daemen.edu.
Focus: My Next Move is an interactive tool for job seekers and students to learn more about their career options. The O*NET assessment will have you answer questions about the type of work you might enjoy. Your responses will be compared to a national database to identify career path options that match your interests and training.
Who: Any student or alumni wanting to learn more about matching their interests with career options.
Cost: No cost.
Time: 15 minutes and then a 45 minute debrief.
Where: Can be taken online at any computer, in the Career Services Office or in your home.
Then what? Meet with a Career Services Advisor to review your results and create an action plan based upon the results.
The My Next Move website has numerous resources for career exploration.
Focus: The Strong Interest Inventory® assessment is one of the world’s most widely respected and frequently used career planning tools. It has guided thousands of college students as well as midcareer alumni seeking a change in their search for a rich and fulfilling career.
Who: Any 2nd-4th year student, graduate student or alumni.
Cost: No cost to student, fee paid by Career Services.
Time: 20 minutes.
Where: Career Services will provide you with a code to take the assessment.
Then what? Make a separate appointment with a Career Services Advisor to review your results and create an action plan.
You can view more information about the Strong Interest Inventory assessment at this link: Strong Interest Inventory.
Focus: To help students identify, challenge, and alter negative career thoughts that interfere with effective career decision making.
Who: Any student having trouble deciding on a major or changing their major.
Cost: No cost to student, fee paid by Career Services.
Time: 15 minutes.
Where: Taken in Career Services Office.
Then what? Make a separate appointment with a Career Services Advisor to review your results and create an action plan.
More information about the Career Thoughts Inventory is available at this link.
Focus: The StrengthsQuest assessment is used to identify your top five talents. Talents are naturally recurring patterns of thought, feeling, or behavior, that can be productively applied. By taking this assessment you will gain insight into how to best utilize your talents to achieve academic and career success.
Who: Any student, graduate student or alumni.
Cost: No cost to the student, the fee paid by Career Services.
Time: 30 minutes.
Where: Career Services will provide you with a code to take the assessment.
Then what? Make a separate appointment with a Career Services Advisor to review your results and create an action plan.
You can view more information about the StrengthsQuest assessment at this link: StrengthsQuest.