- RESOURCES IN FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Fairfax County Public Schools provide a wide variety of assessment resources. Some of these will require login and password information which is available through school counselors or career center specialists.
- Career Cruising (login required)
- Contains resources in both English and Spanish for career and college exploration; offers assessments for students to help determine career options as well as resources for teachers and career advisors
- Virigina Career VIEW
- The Career Information System for the Commonwealth of Virginia providing information to all citizens about educational and career opportunities; offers the following services:
Virginia's Career Planning System (powered by Kuder) - Assesses interests, skills, and work values online and uses assessment results, build personal career plan and explore a variety of college and career options
- MyRoad (login required)
- Comprehensive program from College Board which provides resources for personality assessment and how that relates to college and career planning
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- WEB RESOURCES
The web contains a wide variety of self assessment tools which can supplement the resources available through the school
- Career Interest Checklist
- Based on the Holland
interest inventory
- Keirsey
Temperament Web Site
- A personality
temperament test that uses the Myers-Briggs Type Indicators
- Kingdomality
- Find your medieval
vocational personality; see how it relates to career choices
of today
- The Career Interests Game
- Links the Holland
Types (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Conventional,
and Enterprising) to possible occupations
- The Career Key
- A not-for-profit
assessment that links to Holland types and connects results to
the Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Transferable Skills Survey
- From the University
of Minnesota, a survey of transferable skills for students entering
the work world
- Work Interest Quiz
- An interest
finder quiz to help students find out what careers are right
for them
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