Career Exploration Center

Career Testing

Career Assessments

Career assessments (aka “testing”) can help identify your interests. The NMSU Career Exploration Center offers the following assessments free to currently enrolled NMSU students. Community people are welcome to CHOICES assessment for free or the other assessments for a fee.

Career assessments will NOT give you THE answer to your career choice. Assessments are part of a total career development picture.

CHOICES: a computer based career planning system that articulates your interests, skill, and work values creating a list of suggested occupations.

There is also a data base of career information, university information and a financial aid search.

The following assessments are available after meeting with a career counselor

Strong Interest Inventory: provides a list of suggested occupations by comparing your interests with people in those occupations. Also, it suggests potential college majors.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: a personality assessment relates how you approach tasks, gather information, and make decisions. It is very relevant to career choice.

Career Occupational Preference System (COPS): provides a picture of career interests from 16 different career families.

Helpful Websites

1. MAPP- Motivational Assessment of Personal Potential
2. My Future (click on “career toolbox”)
3. Keirsey Temperament Sorter

 

Remember: Career assessments will NOT give you THE answer to career choice. They are a part of the total career development process.