Counselors from the Career Services Center are available to advise and assist students and alumni in gaining a better understanding of their individual interests and abilities and how to apply these interests and abilities to choosing a career. In addition, resources and assistance are provided to help students research various careers. Individual counseling, as well as administration and interpretation of several interest inventories are available by appointment. To meet with a counselor, call 270.745.3095, e-mail us at Career.Services@wku.edu , or come by DUC A-230. For more information on choosing a career, click on any of the following highlighted links.
RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT WKU's CAREER SERVICES CENTER
Career Advising Assistance
A Timetable For Implementing Your Career Plans - 4 Year Plan
A Timetable For Implementing Your Career Plans - 2 Year Plan
Career Planning Resources Available at Career Services
Alumni Mentor Network
LINKS TO HELP YOU GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
America's Career InfoNet Career Exploration - Identify potentially satisfying occupations and explore training needed.
Campbell Interest and Skill Survey - A 320-question survey that can be completed online with a 60 occupation personalized report of results for $17.95 + tax.
Career Quiz
by SchoolFinder.com - Suited for students recently graduated from
high school. Nice, free program, but requires a rather lengthy registration
process.
Kaplan's Test Yourself - World Leader in Test Prep, Admissions and Tutoring.
The Keirsey Temperament Sorter - To help identify your personality preferences.
Kingdomality - Who would you be if you had lived during medieval times?
Personal Learning Styles Inventory - May help you perform better at work or in school by helping you recognize your preferred methods for learning new material or working with others.
Personality Tests on the Web - May give you some new thoughts about your own personality.
The Princeton Review Career Quiz - A short 24 question quiz that gives "color coded" results and suggests appropriate occupations for the user to research.
The Room - A personality game using individual's design choices. Umbra designs picture frames, clocks, trash cans, curtains, curtain rods, furniture and more.
Self-Directed Search - One of the more widely used career interest inventories. Receive an 8-12 page personalized report for a credit card payment of $8.95 for individuals.
Tests and Quizzes for Job-Seekers - Quintessential Careers now offers job-seekers several career- and job-related tests and quizzes. How prepared are you for the job market? Take one; take 'em all!
Transferable Skill Survey - Assess 62 skills in five categories: Communication; Research & Planning; Human Relations; Organization, Management & Leadership; and Work Survival.
Types Profiles - Descriptions of the 16 types identified by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or the Keirsey Temperament Sorter.
LINKS TO HELP GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT CAREERS AND EMPLOYMENT
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Career and Job Related Web Site Links on the WKU Career Services Center web site.
Career Development Manual
by Marlene Bryan, University of Waterloo.
Career Guide to Industries
Career InfoNet - Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide.
Career Overview - Careers, jobs, employment, career information and job descriptions for aspiring career professionals.
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief . . .
Get That Gig.com - Extraordinary careers, internships, and part-time jobs, the people who have them and how to get them.
Guides for Specific Careers
Informational Interviewing - Get the inside scoop on careers.
JobProfiles.org - Experienced workers tell what it is like to work their particular job.
Monthly Labor Review Online
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online
WetFeet.com - Provides comprehensive company research tools and career-related information to help you make better career decisions.
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