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Contact Career Development

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Career​@nau.edu
Call:
928-523-1087
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Related resources

  • Career Advising
  • Career steps
  • What company should you work for?
  • What can I do with this major?

Career assessment tools

Uncover your career possibilities

Career assessment is a way to learn more about how well a variety of careers might suit you. Different types of assessments focus on specific areas, such as skills, interests, or values. Typically, an assessment asks you to answer questions about what you like, don’t like, what is important to you, and what your strengths are.

Since assessment results may relate to as many as 900 different occupations, don’t panic if your results include careers that don’t interest you. Experts recommend that you take more than one assessment to broaden your ideas before you make a decision. It can also be helpful to talk with a career counselor, family, and friends before making a career decision.

Ways to discover what best suits you

Explore your interests Accordion Closed

Consider how your everyday interests can be integrated into a major or career.

  • Career Cluster Interest Survey  (PDF version)
  • Interest Profiler

Explore your values Accordion Closed

Values are very important when it comes to choosing a career. Values relate to the culture of a work environment.

  • Work Values Matcher
  • VIA Character Assessment 
  • My Plan Values Assessment

Explore your skills Accordion Closed

Explore the two types of skill sets that employers seek: interpersonal skills and functional/technical skills.

  • My Skills My Future
  • Skills Matcher
  • Transferable Skills
  • My Plan Values Assessment
  • Identifying Blind Spots for Soft Skills resource 

Explore your personality Accordion Closed

Discover your everyday behavior and preferences to help find a career that best suits your personality.

  • 16 Personalities
  • 123 Career Test
  • Interest Profiler

Explore your needs and wants Accordion Closed

Take into account outside factors that could influence your decision of a career.

  • Needs and Wants
  • VIA Character Assessment 
  • MyPlan: Salary Calculator
  • Glassdoor

Explore your career possibilities Accordion Closed

Understand the relationship between majors and careers and consider careers that typically correlate with certain majors.

  • What can I do with this major?
  • Occupation search
  • Search or browse careers
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook
  • Handshake
  • Indeed
  • NAU Career Guide: Informational Interviewing (PDF)
  • The Smart Axe Guide to Careers: How can informational interviewing benefit me? (And what is it?!)
  • The Campus Career Coach: Informational Interviewing (PDF)

Explore your strengths Accordion Closed

Succeed by discovering and developing what you naturally do best.

  • NAU Career Development: Start with Strengths
  • VIA Character Assessment
  • Interest Profiler
Welcome
Location
Room 105 Building 30B
University Union
1050 S. Knoles Drive
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
Mailing Address
PO Box 6007
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
Email
career@nau.edu
Phone
928-523-1087
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