Career Assessments
Career assessments can be a valuable tool and resource when making career decisions. There is no shortage of options if you are looking for a career assessment to help give you guidance. Assessments vary by design, theory, and what information it generates and provides. Some assessments are produced from their original research source, while others use their own variation/knock-off version. Some assessments are free, while others cost money. Some you can take online and get an immediate report, while others require meeting with an authorized licensed or certified professional.
Below is a list of career assessment options. It is by no means complete with every career assessment available. The list is intended to educate you and provide information on some of the different types and more popular career assessments, where you can access these tools, what you can expect them to cost you, and who is providing them.
Options
1 / Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
This personality assessment is one of the most effective options to assess career preferences and suitability.
MBTI® Career Report & One-on-One Career Guidance - $105
The Myers-Briggs Company w/ VP Career Exploration
MBTIonline Careers - $79.95
The Myers-Briggs Company
16personalities.com - Free
NERIS Analytics Limited (Uses similar principles as MBTI.)
MBTI Career Report User's Guide - Purchase
Booklet by Allen L. Hammer (No assessment.)
Type Talk: The 16 Personality Types That Determine How We Live, Love, and Work - Purchase
Book by Otto Kroeger & Janet M. Thuesen
2 / Strong Interest Inventory
This is a popular assessment used to identify career interests, or what some consider work personality.
Strong Interest Inventory® & One-on-One Career Guidance - $95
The Myers-Briggs Company w/ VP Career Exploration
O*Net Interest Profiler - Free
U.S. Dept. of Labor (Abbreviated version.)
Self Directed Search - Purchase Required
PAR, Inc. (Uses similar principles as SII.)
3 / Enneagram
The Enneagram Type Report provides insights into core motivations, preferences, stress, fears, desires, growth and development.
RHETI® Enneagram Test - Purchase Required
The Enneagram Institute®
Enneagram Test - Purchase Required
EnneagramTest.com
The Enneagram Career Guide For All Nine Types: How To Connect The Dots Between Your Personality And Work - Purchase Required
Book by Evan Doyle
4 / Keirsey Temperament Sorter
This assessment is intended to help you understand your temperament, motivations, and decision-making style.
What's Your Temperament - Purchase Required
The Keirsey Group
5 / mySkills myFuture
"Enables job seekers and intermediaries to match a worker’s occupational skills and experiences with the skills needed in other occupations, in order to facilitate their career mobility and economic prospects. mySkills myFuture is designed for use as either a self-help tool or with the assistance of expert advisers."
Find Career Matches - Free
US Dept. of Labor via Career OneStop
6 / SIGI 3
The System of Interactive Guidance and Information (SIGI 3) is an assessment that takes into account your values, skills, personality traits, and interests when generating a list of careers that may be suitable for you.
SIGI3 - Purchase Required
SIGI3.org
7 / My Plan
This assessment identifies values and provides insights into motivations and career needs.
Career Assessment Tests - Free & Purchase Options
MyPlan.com
8 / Career Fitter
This assessment identifies which job environments, careers, and tasks are best aligned with your work personality.
Career Test - Free
CareerFitter.com
9 / Rasmussen College
This is a career aptitude assessment that uses skills matches to suggest multiple job titles and careers.
Career Aptitude Test - Free
Rasmussen University
10 / MAPP Test
The Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential (MAPP) test is a popular assessment that identifies motivations, preferences, work habits, and strengths in relation to various career options.
Career Assessment - Free & Purchase Options
International Assessment Network
11 / Sokanu Career Test
This assessment is designed so you can find careers that match your personality traits.
Career Test - Free
Sokanu Interactive Inc.
12 / Predictive Index Behavioral Assessment
This assessment relies on an index that uses personality traits to predict how someone will do in any given work environment.
Behavioral Assessment - Free
The Predictive Index
Bonus / Clifton Strengths
Clifton Strengths is not a career assessment tool and it will not tell you which careers your strengths are well suited for. Clifton Strengths uses positive psyhcology to identify your talents, which when developed become your strengths. With an awareness of your personal strengths you can increase productivity, engagement, and happiness in the workplace.
Clifton Strengths Finder 2.0 - Purchase
Gallup (Book & Assessment)