A common goal in career development is finding careers that match one's interests. We believe you should do what you like...like what you do!

Video: Holland Codes (3 min) This is an introduction to the Holland Inventory/RIASEC/Holland Codes

Video: Interests - Do What You Love (5 min) Stanford's Entrepreneurship Corner Tom Kelley discusses finding what you are born to do

Video: Interests (5 min) Overview of RIASEC Personality Theory

Interest inventories are not tests, and they won’t determine what you like. Instead, you provide information about your preferences, and the inventory connects those interests to potential career options. The accuracy of the results depends on how accurately you respond.

Self-Scoring Interest Profiler Assessments

Career Coach: San Diego College of Continuing Education provides this career development tool that allows one to browse various careers and programs in addition to a career assessment.

My Next Move: The O*NET Interest Profiler offers personalized career suggestions based on a person’s interests and level of work experience. My Next Move has tasks, skills, salary information, and more for over 900 different careers.

California Career Zone: This resource has an Interest Profiler in addition to a Work Importance Profiler and Skills Profiler. Go to Discover Possibilities, Interest Profiler, Start New.

After taking an assessment, be sure to save the results and have them with you when you meet with the career counselor for additional interpretation and discussion.

For additional Interest Assessment Resources, click HERE