Know Yourself
Self-assessment links
Values:
GoodWork Toolkit Value-Sort Activity: This site allows you to sort 30 value cards according to their relative importance. (Click on the link for the GoodWork Toolkit towards the bottom of the page and then select Value-Sort Activity.)
Interests:
CareerQuest: Find out which jobs match your interests with this 78 question quiz produced by CareersNZ. Compare jobs, entertain new options, and narrow down your favourite career choices. Be sure to save your results in My Career Space for future review.
Personality type:
CareerPlanner.com: This site offers the Robinson-Shur Type Indicator, a free assessment modeled after the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
PersonalityType.com Assessment: Discover your personality type with this career quiz designed by Paul Tieger, author of Do What Your Are.
Skills:
Skill Matcher: Take CareersNZ skills inventory and receive a list of jobs that match your skill-set.
Other useful assessment sites:
- Riley Guide self-assessment resources: This site offers a comprehensive list of sites by type of assessment.
- Career-tests.net: Lists over 20 online assessment instruments. Its Career test tips and advice link will help you choose which ones are right for you.
- Quintessential Careers Online Career Assessment Tools Review: Assessments are ranked by type of measure, ease of use, and detail of results.