•  Career assessments are inventories that are designed to help you better understand your unique self (e.g., interestes, skills, values and personality).
• ELCM's Career Services offers a variety of career assessments to assist in self-awareness and self-exploration. These resources are available to you free of charge as a Millersville University undergraduate or graduate student.
• The career assessments utilized at Millersville are FOCUS-2 and Do What You Are.
  

What is it? FOCUS-2 is a self-paced, career guidance tool that can assist you in choosing an academic major or career. The online assessments help you decide on career goals and action plans by increasing your awareness of your talents, interests, values, personality and potential for success in certain career fields.

How long does it take? The FOCUS-2 assessments will take about 45-60 minutes to complete. You do not have to complete it all at one time. 

How do I register?  You may self-register for FOCUS-2. Use the Access Code PETAL. Create your username and password and save it for future use. CLICK HERE to self-register for FOCUS-2.

What happens when I am finished? After completing FOCUS-2, you will receive a great deal of information about yourself and about potential majors and careers.  Some of the information may seem a little confusing or overwhelming to figure out. The best way to understand your results is to meet with a career counselor, who will assist you in interpreting the information. During the meeting you will have a chance to discuss your results and develop an action plan to help you achieve your academic and career goals. 
 
Please schedule an appointment to discuss your results, by calling 872-3774 or visiting Experiential Learning and Career Management in Lyle Hall, 3rd Floor. 

Based on your meeting with the career counselor, you may be also be asked to complete the Do What You Are Assessment.

What is it?  There is a strong link between personality type and careers. Do What You Are is a personality assessment based on Jungian typology.  It identifies several dimensions of personality and helps identify your natural preferences, gifts and talents.  The information helps increase your self-understanding, indentify majors and careers, and understand your learning style. 

How long does it take? Do What You Are takes about 45 minutes to complete.  Different college student scenarios are described and you are asked to choose which scenario is most like you. 

How do I register?  A career counselor must give you access to register for the Do What You Are assessment.  CLICK HERE to register for Do What You Are.

What happens when I am finished? The DWYA assessment will connect you to careers matching your personality types and interests.  Meeting with a career counselor will help you process all of the information that you received.  A career counselor can also help you get started researching potential careers using the O*Net career database which is integrated into the program.   

Are there any other assessment tools?  You may also want to complete The O*Net Interest Profiler.  This is another web-based assessment of your work-related interests that was created for the U.S. Department of Labor: Employment & Training Administration. The Interest Proflier helps you decide what kind of careers you might want to explore. You can use the results generated by the Profiler to explore the world of work via 800+ occupations within O*Net OnLine My Next Move.

Here are some resources that will help you see how a major relates to occupations and careers:

What Can I Do With This Major is a website that will help you explore and connect majors to careers. Learn about the typical career areas and the types of employers that hire people with each major, as well as strategies to make you a more marketable candidate.

MU Department of Academic and Student Development
The Department of Academic and Student Development provides an integrated and effective academic advising program as well as resources and tools for students, faculty and staff.

MU Major Videos
The Major Views Videos will help you see some of the many academic options at Millersville University.

CareerOne Stop
Learn about careers, find career information, and locate career resources and advice. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor: Employment and Training Administration, this site helps you identify jobs that are similar to your identified skills and abilities.

Inside Career Info
Created to help students and career-changers get a firsthand perspective on the jobs and careers that may be of interest to them. Learning from professionals with direct experience provides an additional dimension to researching occupations that is difficult to find elsewhere.

O*NET Online - My Next Move
Detailed descriptions of the world of work, profiling 800+ occupations.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Published by the Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), this resource profiles hundreds of occupations, describes what they do, the work environment, and where to get additional information.  Each profile also includes BLS employment projections for the 2010-2020 decade. (Occupational Outlook Handbook en Espanol)