Career Exploration and Assessment
Career exploration begins with career information. Choosing a major, pursuing an internship, attending events, and joining student organizations are all pieces of the puzzle.
Before jumping into any one decision, be sure that you know your options and a plan of action for your undergraduate years. Download the 4-Year Career Development Plan and schedule a brainstorming session with your advisor or a meeting with one of our Career Services Team Members.
The Strong Interest Inventory is a personal interest assessment used frequently in academia and professional development settings to help individuals see common themes that might lead to success in a given career.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a personality assessment. It is used to identify behavior traits that mesh into a particular personality type.
The Myers-Briggs website explains that:
“The MBTI instrument sorts for preferences and does not measure trait, ability, or character. The MBTI tool is different from many other psychological instruments and also different from other personality tests.
The best reason to choose the MBTI instrument to discover your personality type is that hundreds of studies over the past 40 years have proven the instrument to be both valid and reliable. In other words, it measures what it says it does (validity) and produces the same results when given more than once (reliability). When you want an accurate profile of your personality type, ask if the instrument you plan to use has been validated.”
These assessments help students and professionals alike learn more about themselves and about the potential fit they may have in a given career.
Focus 2 Career
FOCUS 2 is a career planning and major exploration assessment for college students. All Lourdes students are encouraged to take the five FOCUS 2 career assessments offered in the system. If the career assessments are required as part of a class assignment, follow the assignment, as reviewed by the instructor. All students are encouraged to visit with Career Services to review the results of the career assessments. To contact Career Services, please e-mail career@lourdes.edu or call 419-824-3704. Thank you!
To access the assessment:
- Click the link above
- If you are a new user, click the REGISTER button. Note: Contact your FYE 102 Instructor or Career Services for the required access code.
- Complete the registration form and create a unique username and password