Stacy Voeller's Majors & Careers Web Site

Stacy Voeller's Major & Career Resources Web Page

Majors:

From the website Quintessential Careers:

Choosing a College Major: How to Chart Your Ideal Path by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.

What Can I do With a Major in...? by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.

*****Career Assessment Tools & Tests: Help plan your future with these self-assessment and career discovery tests. See the Career Assessment TABLE for free online assessments http://www.quintcareers.com/online_assessment_review.html

Big Five Personality Test -- This test measures personality aspects that can be applied to careers.
Career Interest Profiler from testingroom.com -- This 180-question assessment is a measure of occupational and career interests.
Career Interest Test from LiveCareer -- This 100-question assessment identifies your career interests and then tells you what jobs are out there for you. Free for basic results.
Careerlink Inventory -- A 36-question assessment based on the premise that your self-estimates are a valid basis for career decision-making.
Career Values Scale from testingroom.com -- This 88-question assessment looks at values to see how they relate to the test-taker's world of work and help to identify areas of career satisfaction and dissatisfaction.
Carolyn Kalil's Personality Assessment (True Colors) -- True Colors is a personality system that has been around since 1979 and is modeled as a graphical presentation of both Keirsey's Temperament and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The assessment asks you to choose one of two ways to finish 36 statements. The results can help you define your skills and talents -- and possibly direct you to various career paths.
College Major Quiz -- Have you have been asking yourself, "What should I major in?" Are you struggling with how to choose a career path? Try our College Major Quiz or browse the largest list of college majors and the largest
list of careers and job titles available!
The Insight Game -- Quick, fun visual take on the Myers-Briggs. Free for basic report.
ISEEK Skills Assessment -- Lets you rate yourself on 35 skills and then see which occupations are a match for the skills that are important to you.
Keirsey Temperament Sorter -- This 70-question assessment is related to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Cost: Free for mini-report.
MAPP (Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential) Career Analysis -- This test has 71 triads of three statements. You must select the statement you MOST agree with and the statement you LEAST agree with, leaving one blank. Cost: Free for very minimal report.
Mazemaster -- This 6-part assessment is geared to high-school and college students.
Personality Index from testingroom.com -- This 90-question assessment examines key personality features that influence your approach to tasks, interaction with people, and the activities you enjoy.
Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator (RHETI) SAMPLE -- This 38-question assessment, a sample of the full RHETI which has 144 questions, looks at personality types.
Work Preference Inventory -- This 24-question forced-choice assessment that tells your work style. Based on the premise that the process of values clarification is very important in career planning.

The Seven Rules About Career Tests

Career Directions Inventory at LiveCareer.com -- identifies your career interests (highest and lowest) and then tells you what jobs match your results in your highest scored categories. Also includes workplace fit preferences using seven approaches to work (and based on Holland Scale). Results are presented in text and graphic form. No cost to job-seekers for basic report.

CareerPlanner.com -- provides online career testing, as well as free career and job-search information, to help job-seekers discover your true purpose in life and their ideal career. A good source for high school students to career changers. Uses RIASEC method of matching your interests and skills with potential careers.Some elements free; others fee-based.

BrainTrack Career Resources--BrainTrack's Career Guide helps visitors evaluate career options and find schools. The guide offers data on hundreds of careers that typically require higher education for entry or advancement and features links to thousands of schools.

Online Career Assessment Tools Review: Read our reviews of the major online career assessment tools for job-seekers. If you are looking for some career direction, or perhaps just want to learn more about yourself and your personality, then taking one or more of these assessment tests can give you a better idea of your attitudes and interests as they relate to discovering more about yourself -- and possible career choices.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Ways to use the Occupational Outlook Handbook site:
(1) To find out about a specific occupation or topic, use the Search box on every page—enter your term in the box.
(2) To find out about occupations, browse listings using the Occupations links on the right side of each page.
(3) For a listing of all occupations in alphabetical order, go to the A-Z Index and select a letter.

From the University of Minnesota Morris' Academic Advising website:

A Major Decision Workbook
The first time many students’ think about the career development process is when they are faced with selecting or changing their major. Some students choose to immediately seek assistance in this process whereas others prefer to initially explore the possibilities on their own.

From Penn State's web page Major Decisions for students who are exploring majors:

Some Common Misperceptions about Choosing a Major. Students often begin their exploration of majors with preconceived ideas about the best ways to go about choosing a major and about what impact that choice will have. Unfortunately, many of these ideas are misperceptions that can deter real progress.

From the University of Missouri's Career Center