Career Assessment
"Career Exploration and planning involves thinking about which educational and occupational paths will provide you with self-fullfillment in all aspects of your life, not only in the present, but also in the future."
FOCUS-2
What is FOCUS-2?
FOCUS-2 is a self-paced, online career guidance tool provided by Centenary Career Services, used to assist you in self-assessment and career exploration. Users of FOCUS learn to make more realistic decisions about their goals and plans, how to self-manage their careers and the importance of adaptability in these times of change.
Students and alumni can register themselves and login to use FOCUS-2 from the Career Services webpage. Students must contact Career Services for the "college code" to begin the assessment.
Take a look at this FOCUS-2 PowerPoint for an introduction about how to use FOCUS-2!
What you can do with FOCUS-2!
- Analyze your career and educational goals, strengths, and career planning status
- Self-assess your interests, values, skills, and personality
- Search for and analyze occupations based on your self-assessment results
- Explore and analyze occupations based on your major or industry
- Find information for a specific occupation
- Compare two occupations side-by-side
- Identify your personal development needs
Campbell Skills and Interest Survey
A survey of your interests and skills is a very important first step in planning your future. The next step is exploring how your interests and skills fit into the world of work. Completing the CISS (Campbell™ Interest and Skill Survey) and discussing your results with a Career Advisor can put you on the path to a fulfilling career.
It takes approximately 25-40 minutes to complete. The survey has 320 multiple-choice items (200 interest and 120 skill items). You do not have to complete the survey in one session.
To get started...
1. Email Career Services at career@centenary.edu and your assessment access will be setup and your login information emailed to you.
2. Go to https://www.profiler.com/ciss/login/
3. Enter the username and password provided.
NOTE: Access to your survey responses and results are protected by this username and password. It is in your best interest to keep this information private. Be sure to keep your username and password in a secure place. You will need it to access the survey.
Answer as many questions as you can in one sitting. If you have to stop, click on the Exit button.
To come back and complete the survey later you must have your username and password to access your incomplete survey. Unfinished surveys will remain available for 180 days.
Go to the CISS Web site and enter your username and password. Then click on the Take Survey button. The survey will open on the page where you left off. Answer the remaining questions.
Contact your Career Advisor when you have completed the survey, if you would like to discuss the results.
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