Landing a job is just one step of an interative process that you will continue throughout your lifetime. Having a better understanding of what motivates you, what you enjoy, what’s important to you, and what you’re good at can help you strategically work towards your career goals. Not only will this help you more broadly understand your career options, but taking some time to reflect on these things will be helpful in building a stronger resume, confidentalyy approach networking opportunities, and be more focused in interviews.
Career assessment involves the following components:
- Personality: What motivates you
- Interests: What you love
- Values: What’s important to you
- Skills: What you’re good at
Career Exploration Tools
- Focus 2 Career -: Explore occupations that match your personal attributes
- Forage: Hundreds of on demand job simulations from actual employers.
- U.S. Department of Labor O’Net Online – Search across 900+ occupations
- My Next Move – free self-assessments and career information
- WPI First Destination of Recent Graduates (Data from 2015-current)
Register for FY1800 – Find in in the undergraduate course listings! (1/12 credit course)
