Career Assessment Tools

The following career assessment tools can be useful in assisting you to clarify career choices, and to identify jobs that may suit you.

Career Assessment Tools available at Vic Careers:

• CareerQuest
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
• FutureSelves

Other Career Assessment Tools available online

• Career Development eManual
• Pathfinder

CareerQuest

CareerQuest is a computer-based career guidance programme developed in NZ by Career Services for use by anyone exploring or planning their career.
It can help you identify and explore the kinds of work areas that may be right for you. It involves a questionnaire about your interests, skills and study interests.

It is FREE to use and can be accessed either at Vic Careers at 14 Kelburn Parade during the Careers Resource Library hours or via the Student Computers available at all VUW campuses.
Note: To access CareerQuest on the Student Computers, log in with your Student Computing account, click on the Start menu, go to Programmes, then General Software, and finally on CareerQuest.

Results can be saved and printed out and we recommend discussing your results with a Careers Consultant during either our "drop in" times or by appointment.

For details on how to best use CareerQuest, click here (140KB PDF)

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a self report questionnaire used to measure and describe people's preferences on how they like to get information and make decisions.

There are a number of benefits for taking the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator including:

• knowledge of your personal and work style and its strengths and drawbacks
• identifying the jobs and tasks that give you satisfaction
• a greater understanding of yourself
• greater understanding of others
• and improved communication skills

More information about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator can be found at: http://www.myersbriggs.org/

To make an appointment with a Careers Consultant to complete the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator please phone Vic Careers at 463 5393 or email us at address

Cost:

• It is FREE for currently enrolled VUW students
• Unwaged VUW graduates within one year of completing their studies: the cost is $50
• VUW graduates: the cost is $100

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FutureSelves

The FutureSelves programme consists of a computerised questionnaire aimed at helping people understand themselves, and realise their aspirations. The questionnaire helps with:

• Identifying vocational and personal interests
• Raising motivation, performance and behaviour
• Building awareness of barriers, opportunities and choices

FutureSelves:

• is future focused and therefore can be used for setting goals and strategies
• considers opportunities and barriers to achievement. It also helps build the links between skills and careers, lifestyle and meeting goals

To make an appointment with a Careers Consultant to complete the FutureSelves programme please phone Vic Careers at 463 5393 or email us at address

Cost:

• It is FREE for currently enrolled VUW students
• Unwaged VUW graduates within one year of completing their studies: the cost is $50
• VUW graduates: the cost is $100

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Other Career Assessment Tools available online

Career Development eManual, University of Waterloo, Canada:

Features the six 'Steps to Career/Life Planning Success'. The six steps include: self assessment, research, decision making, networks & contacts, work, and life/work planning. Follow the six steps at: http://www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/index2.asp

Pathfinder:

A free online career guidance programme created by Career Services. It has been designed so that you can answer questions about yourself, generate and sort career ideas specific to you, then plan and implement the next steps towards your career goal through exercises and practical information and ideas. Register online at: http://www.careers.govt.nz/pathfinder/