15 Career Assessment
“Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.” John Wooden
Career Assessments
Career Assessments are one of the most fundamental tools for career guidance and have been used to help educate students about themselves and their career opportunities. Most career assessments follow the philosophy that a student needs to understand their interests, aptitudes/personality/traits, values, and strengths to determine where they fit within the world of work. In the Maricopa Community College District, we utilize two career assessments Pipeline the MCCCD Pipeline AZ tool and Career Coach.
MCCCD Pipeline AZ
The MCCCD Pipeline AZ is used to conduct career assessments and as a career-exploration tool. Through the use of this tool, you can quickly see how your passions and skills match with available career pathways, then connect with everything you need to get there. This interest assessment allows you to see what careers match your interests. It takes only a few minutes and matches over 750 careers. This interest assessment will also match you to your top Fields of Interest and provide the program (degree & certificate) and MCCCD college information as well.
Career Coach
Career Coach is an assessment that takes a look at your strengths and matches these attributes with related careers. Upon completion of the 6- or 60-question assessment, students are provided with a detailed explanation of how their personality traits align with various occupations. You must download a PDF or create an account to save the results. This assessment is very helpful for active military or veteran students because it provides a search and match by military occupation. View a sample of the downloadable Career Assessment Results.
Values
What we value is connected with the type of goals we create, how we make decisions, what we are passionate about, how we spend our time and money, and the list goes on and on.
Taking some time to pinpoint our own individual values is important as they are related to the types of careers that align with job satisfaction. Ultimately, values differ greatly from person to person, which is why examining your own is critical during the career exploration process.
Example Values |
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| Achievement/accomplishment | Creating something new | Financial security | Integrity | Respect |
| Advancement | Creating beauty | Friendships | Leadership | Risk-taking |
| Autonomy | Creating change (e.g. social change) | Fun | Learning/growing/gaining wisdom | Safety |
| Balance | Creating information | Happiness | Leisure | Security |
| Belonging to a group | Decision-making | Harmony | Listening | Self-expression |
| Building something | Entrepreneurship | Health | Mastering a technique/field | Spirituality |
| Challenge | Equality | Helping others/serving people | Personal development | Stability |
| Compassion | Excitement/risk | Influencing people | Physical activity | Status |
| Competition | Fame | Improving or perfecting something | Receiving recognition/impressing people | Teamwork |
| Creativity | Family happiness | Independence | Repairing or fixing something | Wealth |
For an expanded list of values see the Brene Brown List of Values.
Also, learn why values really matter in the workplace in this video, “Why does getting clear about values really matter?“
