Choosing a career path starts with understanding yourself. Exploring your interests, strengths, values, and skills can help you identify majors, careers, and opportunities that align with your goals. Use the resources below to learn more about what motivates you, discover potential career options, and begin building a plan for your future. If you’d like help interpreting your results or exploring career possibilities, the Career & Professional Development Center is here to support you every step of the way.
Self-Assessments & Career Exploration Tools
CareerOneStop Interest Assessment
Discover careers that match your interests and explore related education and training pathways.
CareerOneStop Skills Matcher
Identify your strengths and see careers that align with the skills you already have.
16Personalities
Learn more about your personality preferences and how they may relate to work, communication, and leadership styles.
O*NET Interest Profiler
Explore careers based on what you enjoy doing and the types of activities that motivate you.
Explore different paths based on what you have already done.
Truity Career Personality Profiler
A 94-question assessment combining the Big Five personality traits and the Holland Code system.
A 15-minute quiz if you are specifically interested in exploring career paths in the U.S. federal government.
Explore careers based on your interests
More Career Explration Resources Below
- Explore majors and career pathways
- Check out what programs Nichols has to offer HERE
- Research occupations and industry trends
- Connect with alumni through LinkedIn
- Join the Nichols Alumni Network
- Schedule a career coaching appointment to discuss assessment results
- Make a meeting with CPDC HERE
- Attend career exploration workshops and events
- Use Handshake to discover internships, jobs, and employer connections
- Keep a Journal
- Explore new hobbies
- Join a campus organization!
- Ask others what you are good at
- Keep track of your skills and strengths
- Step outside of your comfort zone
- Try something new
Need Help Interpreting Your Results?
Career assessments are a starting point, not the final answer. Meet with a CPDC career coach to discuss your results, explore options, and create an action plan for your academic and career journey. We can help you connect your interests to majors, internships, leadership opportunities, and future careers.
Make an appointment to meet with a member of CPDC HERE.
