Top 10 Free Resources for the Career Confused

It
would be won­der­ful if all those con­tem­plat­ing careers could afford
to con­sult with a pro­fes­sional career coach. But, since that’s not
in the cards for most peo­ple curi­ous about which occupation(s) would
be the best fit, we spent a lot of time over at WorkNEPA research­ing no cost alter­na­tives and assem­bled a list of the top 10  free resources avail­able on the Internet.

No catch, noth­ing to buy and no spam,
just 10 free great tools to help you explore your options on the career
spec­trum, get on the right career path or con­firm you’re already on
it. Enjoy!

O*NET Inter­est Pro­filer
— The O*NET Inter­est Pro­filer can help you find out what your
inter­ests are and how they relate to the world of work. You can find
out what you like to do and what kinds of careers you might want to
explore.

Career­Per­fect® Work Pref­er­ence Inven­tory
— Though the Career­Per­fect® Work Pref­er­ence Inven­tory you’ll
dis­cover your work style, the types of roles you pre­fer, your
learn­ing style and many other impor­tant self attrib­utes that will
help you under­stand the right “job fit” for you.

Careers in the green econ­omy — The green econ­omy
is eco­nomic activ­ity related to reduc­ing the use of fos­sil fuels,
decreas­ing pol­lu­tion and green­house gas emis­sions, increas­ing
the effi­ciency of energy usage, recy­cling mate­ri­als, and
devel­op­ing and adopt­ing renew­able sources of energy. The impact of
green econ­omy activ­i­ties and tech­nolo­gies is an increase in the
employ­ment demand for an exist­ing occu­pa­tion. Find out about
careers in this quickly grow­ing jobs sector.

Careers with a bright out­look
— Explore careers pro­jected to expe­ri­ence rapid growth and large
num­bers of open­ings in the next few years, and excit­ing new and
emerg­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for tomorrow’s job market.

Explore careers by indus­try
— Inter­ested in health care, finance, man­age­ment or other some
other indus­try, but need more infor­ma­tion on the careers that are
involved in mov­ing it for­ward? This is a great place to do research!

InSight™ Val­ues / Work Char­ac­ter­is­tics Inven­tory InSight
will help to clar­ify and pri­or­i­tize your val­ues as they per­tain
to your work­ing life. Tools such as this inven­tory are used in
career plan­ning, or may also be used for select­ing a com­pany or
posi­tion. The more your work life reflects your most highly regarded
val­ues, the more ful­filled you likely will be.

While val­ues are unique to each indi­vid­ual, they typ­i­cally
change over time. For exam­ple, the val­ues you had ten years ago may
be quite dif­fer­ent from the val­ues you hold today, so feel free
take this inven­tory periodically!

KTS®-II Per­son­al­ity Type Test
— The Keirsey Tem­pera­ment Sorter®-II (KTS®-II) is the most widely
used per­son­al­ity instru­ment in the
world. It is a pow­er­ful 70 ques­tion per­son­al­ity instru­ment that
helps indi­vid­u­als dis­cover their
per­son­al­ity type. The KTS-II is based on Keirsey Tem­pera­ment
The­ory™, pub­lished in the best
sell­ing books, Please Under­stand Me® and Please Under­stand Me II, by
Dr. David Keirsey.

Once you have com­pleted the assess­ment, read about how it relates to find­ing and excelling in a career that fits you.

New career options based on past job skills
— Explore new career options based on the skills you’ve used in a past
job. With mySkills myFu­ture you can com­pare careers, find
train­ing, and search for jobs. Watch the video to learn more.

Penn­syl­va­nia Career Guide
— The Penn­syl­va­nia Career Guide has helped stu­dents and job
seek­ers eval­u­ate their career options for more than 20 years. This
guide is bro­ken into five sec­tions to help you nav­i­gate through the
job search process.

Search careers by key­word — Plug in your skills or those you plan on devel­op­ing and find out which careers cor­re­spond to them!

Do you have an assess­ment tool or resource that is free you would like to add to the list?

PS. I am really enjoy­ing my new addi­tional role as Admin­is­tra­tor of WorkNEPA!

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