Choices Explorer
Choices Explorer provides career resources and the most up-to-date career and national labor market information available.  Bridges provides access to assessments and detailed information about career planning, career decision making, scholarships and financial aid,  occupations, colleges and more.

http://www.bridges.com/

You must contact the Career Center for Site ID and Password.

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Choices Planner
It is a comprehensive system designed for college students and adults in transition.  The system provides assessments such as, work importance locator, basic skills survey, interest profiler and transferable skills checklist.  It offers information on programs of study, colleges, financial aid, professional resources, and a career action plan.   This system offers a vast amount of career information, up-to-date state and local market information and resources too long to list.  Follow the Choices Explorer link to access. 

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Do What You Are - CollegeScope. Com
"Do What You Are" is a personality assessment used for improving communication skills, learning about individual strengths and weaknesses, and helping people make the most satisfying career decision.  Learning about personality types provides a person with accurate and invaluable insights about themselves and their career-related needs.  This tool enables them to make the most informed, satisfying college and career decisions.  Personality Type is the foundation of the program because people are happiest and most successful in jobs that allow them to use their greatest natural gifts.  Personality Type is the best way of determining what those gifts are, and in which occupations they find the greatest opportunity for expression. The program has both personality type and interest components in the assessment. This is administered via the web and takes approximately 45 minutes to complete.

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Strong Interest Inventory
The Strong Interest Inventory is a 317 item assessment which measures a person's interest in 109 careers, providing a dependable guide for career change and development.  Supported by years of solid research, the Strong represents 67,000 men and women covering a wide range of ages, ethnic groups, and socio-economic levels.  The instrument can be used for career planning and development, career transition, college major selection and midlife/retirement planning.  It takes approximately 30 minutes to complete and is administered  in several formats including a web version.

https://online.cpp-db.com/

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The responses to the assessment booklet matches a person to 6 main occupational areas of interest based upon typology of John Holland. 

Additional Materials available in Career Center:

• "America Fastest Growing Jobs"
• "The Book of US Government Jobs"
• "Career CrossRoads 2003"
• "Careers In..." series
• "Do What You Are"
• "Employment Websites for Pros"
• "101 Career Alternatives for Teaching"
• "The Military Advantage"
• "The Minority Career Guide"
• "Planning your Career in Alternative Medicine"
• "What Color is Your Parachute?"
• Videos Collection - Careers for the 21st Century Video Library