Top 10 Sites for Choosing a Career

February 9th, 2010 @

Today’s students and career-changers have access to more career planning information than ever before.  Researching careers, taking career assessments, and even career counseling  can be done online.  With all of the information on the Internet and the thousands of career options available, choosing a career can be overwhelming.  For reliable career planning tools and resources, [...]

The Best Online Career Tests

January 9th, 2010 @

You can find plenty of career tests online, some more accurate than others. The best career tests are written by psychologists and take more than one factor into account. Generally, you’ll have to pay for the better career tests. And although a test may be accurate for some, it may not be for you. Therefore, [...]

Career Planning: The Earlier the Better

December 19th, 2009 @

Difficulty in choosing the right major is a common problem among college students.  Many students spend extra time (and money) in college after changing majors several times. This isn’t surprising since few high schools offer career counseling and college career centers often focus more on job hunting rather than career planning.  Unfortunately, choosing the wrong [...]

Free Tests for Career Planning

May 1st, 2009 @

Personality Career Inventory Test at SimilarMinds.com suggests careers based on your levels of extroversion, orderliness, inquisitiveness, emotional stability, and altruism. What Am I Like? personality test at BBC.co.uk  is a shortened version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, which is based on 16 different personality types. Interests What’s Your Dream Job? test at CareerBuilder.com suggests careers [...]

My Favorite Career Assessments

January 5th, 2009 @

I’ve taken numerous career tests over the past few years. Career assessments can be expensive and some just weren’t worth my money. I’ll review a few of my favorite tests and explain what features I liked about each. Project Career In Project Career’s assessment, you are given a list of individual activities. You must select [...]