Career Transition Resources -- Puget Sound
Skills, Values, and Interest Assessments
Are your skills, values, and interests aligned with your career goals?
Skill Assessments
- Job functions require a variety of different skills
- A toolbox of skills are accumulated over time
- Skill assessments help define skills, level of expertise, and level of satisfaction
- Strength equals a well-developed skill and a desire to continue applying that skill
- Strengths are the cornerstones of a strong resume
Values Assessments
- We like some parts of our job more than others. What do you value in your job? Value-oriented questions include:
- Is a high salary important to you?
- Is it important for your work to involve interacting with people?
- Is it important for your work to make a contribution to society?
- Some values are age-based and may change over time
- Values assessments provide the insight needed to clarify what we "value" most and what we need right now in our work life
Career Interests Assessments
- Measurement of a person's interests and skills
- Comparison of interests and skills to those of individuals who are satisfied and successfully employed in a variety of jobs
- Interest Assessment tools can assist in fitting a personality with specific work environments and careers
Career Management and Transition Services offers self-administered and facilitated assessment tools that can assist you in developing the focus needed during your job search.