| Getting a career assessment is a great way to match | | | | throughout their tests and do not have the science to |
| your personality, skills and interests to a potential | | | | back up the results they give you. In other words, you |
| career for you. There are now specific career | | | | may just be fed a random result rather than the one |
| assessment websites which aim to help you with | | | | that suits you. For that reason, only use reputable, |
| career planning, job skills, choosing a college major and | | | | trusted sources for your career assessment online. |
| even career changes. Regardless of your situation you | | | | The Career Key tests are used by over 1000 colleges, |
| will benefit from looking into a career assessment. | | | | schools and career services so it is a professional |
| One such website is The Career Key. This site helps | | | | standard of service. Their personality test has also |
| to match your personality with careers. They then give | | | | been used in career counselling for more than 20 |
| you very accurate and detailed information about each | | | | years; you may even have come across it before if |
| career that you can explore. | | | | you have had career counselling in the past. |
| They use excellent scientific research and practises | | | | Why should you get a career assessment? Figures |
| throughout their personality tests and other resources | | | | show that less than half of all workers are happy with |
| on the website. | | | | the job. Up to 50% say they would like to change jobs. |
| There are many other career assessment sites online, | | | | This is an alarming statistic; you certainly want to be |
| but you need to be wary of which ones you trust. | | | | happy in your job as it is somewhere that you spend a |
| There are some very reputable services such as the | | | | main portion of your life. |
| Career Key and others, but there are also career | | | | Having a career assessment is sure to guarantee job |
| tests that can actually harm your career! This happens | | | | satisfaction. Rather than just jump into any job and end |
| when you are matched up to jobs and training | | | | up unhappy and unsatisfied, you are best off |
| programs that do not suit you. This can lead you to | | | | undergoing an assessment to match you to the career |
| make rash decisions with terrible consequences. | | | | that is right for. After all, everyone has a calling in life; |
| These bad services normally have low technology | | | | you simply need to know how to find it! |