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Career Assessment Survey
When your career’s in sync with your personal strengths and interests, you’re bound to go farther, faster. Even more important, you’ll enjoy the journey. This career assessment tool helps you take the first step.
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Activities that best describe what I like to do (page 1 of 3)
Learn how things grow and stay alive
Make the best use of the earth's natural resources
Hunt and/or fish
Protect the environment
Be outdoors in all kinds of weather
Plan, budget, and keep records
Operate machines and keep them in good repair
Read and follow blueprints and/or instructions
Picture in my mind what a finished product looks like
Work with my hands
Perform work that requires precise results
Solve technical problems
Visit and learn from beautiful, historic, or interesting buildings
Follow logical, step-by-step procedures
Use my imagination to communicate new information to others
Perform in front of others
Read and write
Play a musical instrument
Perform creative, artistic activities
Use video and recording technology
Design brochures and posters
Perform routine, organized activities but can be flexible
Work with numbers and detailed information
Be the leader in a group
Make business contact with people
Work with computer programs
Create reports and communicate ideas
Plan my work and follow instructions without close supervision
Communicate with different types of people
Help others with their homework or to learn new things
Go to school
Direct and plan activities for others
Handle several responsibilities at once
Acquire new information
Help people overcome their challenges
Work with numbers
Work to meet a deadline
Make predictions based on existing facts
Have a framework of rules by which to operate
Analyze financial information and interpret it to others
Handle money with accuracy and reliability
Take pride in the way I dress and look
Be involved in politics
Negotiate, defend, and debate ideas and topics
Plan activities and work cooperatively with others
Work with details
Perform a variety of duties that may change often
Analyze information and interpret it to others
Travel and see things that are new to me
Work under pressure
Help sick people and animals
Make decisions based on logic and information
Participate in health and science classes
Respond quickly and calmly in emergencies
Work as a member of a team
Follow guidelines precisely and meet strict standards of accuracy
Investigate new places and activities
Work with all ages and types of people
Organize activities in which other people enjoy themselves
Have a flexible schedule
Help people make up their minds
Communicate easily, tactfully, and courteously
Learn about other cultures
Care about people, their needs, and their problems
Participate in community services and/or volunteering
Listen to other people's viewpoints
Help people be at their best
Work with people from preschool age to old age
Think of new ways to do things
Make friends with different kinds of people
Work with computers
Reason clearly and logically to solve complex problems
Use machines, techniques, and processes
Read technical materials and diagrams and solve technical problems
Adapt to change
Play video games and figure out how they work
Concentrate for long periods without being distracted
Work under pressure or in the face of danger
Make decisions based on my own observations
Interact with other people
Be in positions of authority
Respect rules and regulations
Debate and win arguments
Observe and analyze people's behavior
Work with my hands and learn that way
Put things together
Do routine, organized and accurate work
Perform activities that produce tangible results
Apply math to work out solutions
Use hand and power tools and operate equipment/machinery
Visualize objects in three dimensions from flat drawings
Shop and go to the mall
Be in charge
Make displays and promote ideas
Give presentations and enjoy public speaking
Persuade people to buy products or to participate in activities
Communicate my ideas to other people
Take advantage of opportunities to make extra money
Interpret formulas
Find the answers to questions
Work in a laboratory
Figure out how things work and investigate new things
Explore new technology
Experiment to find the best way to do something
Pay attention to details and help things be precise
Travel
See well and have quick reflexes
Solve medical problems
Design efficient processes
Anticipate needs and prepare to meet them
Drive or ride
Move things from one place to another
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Source: Adapted from the Guidance Division Survey, Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education (2005) Permission provided by: States’ Career Clusters Initiative, 2007, www.careerclusters.org

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