Below is a sample of the assessments available at the Counseling Services:

COPS and COPES

The COPS Interest Inventory will help you to compare and determine the relative strengths of your interests in different occupations. A questionnaire is provided that will ask whether or not you would like to perform various activities in many different kinds of occupations. Your inventory will be scored and plotted on a Profile sheet. Your Profile will compare your interests with those of others within 14 Career Clusters. The COPES Inventory will identify values that you consider important to your work and the activities that you do. The Profile will relate your COPES scores to the 14 Career Clusters on the COPS Interest Inventory.

Self-Directed Search

You will be given an easy-to-use, self-administered test to help you find the occupations that best suit your interests and skills. The test will ask you questions about your aspirations, activities, competencies, occupations, and self-estimates for skills and abilities. These scores yield a three-letter Summary Code, which is an occupational code that designates the three personality types you most closely resemble. With this code, you will then use the Occupational Finder to discover those occupations that best match your personality types, interests, and skills.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

A widely used instrument based on C. G. Jung's (1921-1971) ideas about perceptions and judgment. The effects of each preference, alone, and in combination, can be put to practical use. The inventory is very useful in making important personal and career decisions. Knowing your preferences and learning about other people's preferences can help you understand where your strengths are, what kind(s) of work you might enjoy, and how people with different preferences can relate to each other and be valuable to society.

Strong Interest Inventory

This is a self-administered questionnaire that inquires about your level of interest in a wide range of familiar items, i. e., words or short phrases describing occupations, occupational activities, hobbies, leisure activities, school subjects, and types of people. Your answers are computer-scored and analyzed, by writing, to obtain measures of interest types, called scales. The results are printed on a report called a Profile, which presents the scale scores in an organized format and offers useful information. The Holland Occupational Codes, which reflect overall orientation to work are used for organizing your interests, and disinterests, with regard to groups of occupations.

Combination Strong Interest Inventory and MBTI

The integration of both these inventories provides a comprehensive overview of your personality, values, beliefs, and interests to obtain an understanding of what career and work environments that you would most likely find interesting and rewarding. The combination of these instruments is particularly beneficial for the individual who is unable to make a career decision because he/she lacks the knowledge of self, and the world of work, that is necessary to make a decision.