By: Charmaign Lomastro, Human Solutions Career Specialist
Many job seekers struggle trying to decide what they really want to do with their careers or what jobs are a good fit. This can make it difficult to choose the right career path.
Whether you are in a career transition or you wish to branch out to new fields that interest you, career assessments can be highly effective for your job search. Career assessments suggest ideas about careers you might want to explore in more depth, and they can help you get a better sense of the types of jobs and activities that might be a good fit for you.
Vocational Research Institute has developed CareerScope, an online assessment program for a diverse population that measures both aptitude and interest through valid and reliable assessment tasks. CareerScope provides you with an assessment of your interests and aptitudes and their integration, and as a result, you’re given recommendations about which careers you may enjoy and be successful doing. This information can be instrumental your career planning and job search process.
CareerScope Assessment is available to you as a client of Human Solutions. Please speak with your assigned career specialist if you would like to learn more about utilizing CareerScope as an assessment to help you reach your employment goals and enhance your career planning process.