True Colors
True Colors is a personality assessment based on the theory of David Keirsey, Katherine C. Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs-Myers. In 1979, Don Lowry created True Colors, which applies the “type” information from both the Myers-Briggs and Keirsey’s work, to help people recognize their personality and temperament types. It evolves around four colors: Green, Orange, Blue and Gold. Each of us are a blend or rainbow, usually with one predominant color. That color is what can help us in many avenues of our life, career and job search.
Those of you that are familiar with other theories, such as the Personal Style Inventory, Learning Style Inventory and the Strong Interest Inventory, will notice strong similarities to True Colors. There are also subtle differences as well.
Career Aptitude Test
This free career aptitude test can give you insightful information about your career personality. Based on a characterization of your personality in terms of Holland Code personality types, you will learn what kind of work environments and occupations suit you best. The results of this career test provide you with a list of professions and occupations that fit your career personality.
Holland Code
This assessment examines your suitability with different careers based on six occupational themes: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. The test identifies your top interest area and how it compares to the other areas, and what this means for your career interests.
This test takes 20 minutes and includes a whopping 87 questions.
iSeek “Clusters”
This survey lets you rate activities you enjoy, your personal qualities and school subjects you like. Then you can see which career clusters are a match for your interests. It’s also quick, clocking in at 5 to 10 minutes.
Keirsey Temperament Sorter
This personality assessment is based on Keirsey Temperament Theory, which divides people into four “temperaments:” guardian, idealist, rational, and artisan. The assessment measures how people communicate and what their actions tend to be. The test is 71 questions long. So, if you’re planning on taking it, make sure you have a little uninterrupted time to spare.
Myers-Briggs
One of the most well-known assessments, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator results in a four-letter “type”—INFP or ESFJ, for example. The test is meant to identify basic preferences for each of four dichotomies (such as introvert and extrovert) and describes 16 distinctive personality traits.
Prepare to pay $50, if you’d like to take the real test, but there are lots of faux versions on the Web.
MyPlan.com
This assessment can help you identify your motivations and what’s really important to you in your career. By ranking different aspects of work, the results can encourage you to look at jobs or industries you may not have considered before.
Upon completion of test, you will get scores for each of six work values clusters. These scores will reveal how important each work value is to you. Additionally, you will be presented with a list of 739 occupations that are rank-ordered according to how well they match your personal work values.
Princeton Career Test
Princeton Career Test will estimate your personal Interests and Usual Style, you will first need to answer a series of questions. As you make your choices, assume that all jobs are of equal pay and prestige.
Career One Stop Assessment
The Interest Assessment matches your interests to careers. You answer 30 short questions by saying how much interest you have in different activities. Those answers create your Interest Profile. Then you see a list of careers that are good matches for your unique Interest Profile.
