Career Information Center
Explore Yourself
Self discovery is the first step in the process of career planning and decision making. The process of self-assessment involves exploring what you like to do; what you do best; what personal attributes are your greatest assets; and what values about work, relationships, leisure time and life style are determining factors in your decision; and then translating these assessments into your personal goals.
Resources available through the College Foundation of North Carolina Portal
-Interest Profiler
-Career Cluster Survey
-Basic Skills Survey
-Work Values Sorter
-The Career Key
Interests are the functions you would enjoy performing during your occupation. The O*NET Interest Profiler helps you identify broad interest areas that match your own interests.
The O*NET Interest Profiler can help you find out what your interests are and how they relate to the world of work. You can find out what you like to do.
The O*NET Interest Profiler helps you decide what kinds of careers you might want to explore.
Values are your beliefs about what is important or desirable. When your values line up with how you live and work, you tend to feel more satisfied and confident. Living or working in ways that contradict your values can lead to dissatisfaction, confusion, and discouragement. So there is good reason to clarify your values, and seek to match your work to them.
Scientifically backed visual personality assessment designed to be completed in under two minutes.
Assessment available on any mobile, tablet, or desktop device.
Steven Tomlinson at TEDxTraverseCity talks about finding one's career path