Self-Assessment Tools
Begin the career exploration process by taking a self-assessment. Self-assessment tools can help you clarify your values, skills, personality, and interests as you identify options for your major and your future career. Make sure to schedule a follow-up career counseling appointment to discuss your self-assessment results. Taking these assessments and working with our career counselors, you will learn as much as possible about yourself and potential career choices.
MyPlan Computerized Guidance Program
- Helps you learn more about how your interests, values, and abilities fit into the world of work and relate to specific occupations.
- Provides detailed information on occupations, educational opportunities, and industries.
- A counseling session is highly recommended to help you maximize the use of your results.
- Get started! MyPlan
is a free tool that you can begin accessing on your own by viewing the MyPlan Login Instructions listed at the bottom of this box.
MyPlan for Finish in 4 Students
- Finish in 4
. Finish in 4 is the University at Buffalo's commitment to providing the resources needed for entering freshman students to graduate in four years. Students in the Finish in 4 Program are asked to complete the MyPlan Assessments and attend one Group Debrief Session (view Finish in 4 Debriefs Schedule). For entry into a Debrief, students must bring printed results from all three MyPlan Assessments (Interests Inventory, Skills Profiler, Values Assessment).
MyPlan Login Instructions: PDF (796KB) | Word (77KB)
StrengthsQuest™
- Assesses your top strengths in terms of how you interact with and approach the world.
- Helps you learn how to develop and apply your strengths in academic, career, leadership and other life situations.
- A counseling session is highly recommended to help you maximize the use of your results.
- Get started! Contact Career Services at 645-2231 or stop by 259 Capen Hall to purchase an access code and receive instructions for taking StrengthsQuest™ online.
Strong Interest Inventory®
- Compares your interests with those of a general sample group and with professionals in various careers.
- Helps you define general career areas and identifying a list of occupations that are a good match for your interest patterns.
- A counseling session in which you discuss your results with a career counselor is required.
- Get started! Contact Career Services at 645-2231 or stop by 259 Capen Hall to speak with a counselor and determine if the Strong Interest Inventory® may be helpful for you.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®
- Personality assessment tool that produces a 4-letter type to describe your natural preferences and tendencies.
- Helps you describe your strengths, your preferred function in a job or organization, and specific career areas that might be more attractive to an individual with your particular preferences.
- A counseling session in which you discuss your results with a career counselor is required.
- Get started! Contact Career Services at 645-2231 or stop by 259 Capen Hall to speak with a counselor and determine if the MBTI® may be helpful for you.
