Discover Yourself Through Assessments
Sit down one-on-one with one of our Exploratory Studies Advisors or one of our Peer Advisors to discover your interests, strengths, values, and more through self-assessments!
Assessment of Your Interests, Skills, Values, and Personality
The Focus2 Career Assessment is based on Holland's Theory of Career Choice. The World-of-Work Map is a helpful tool to help you understand more about yourself as well as how occupations might be a good fit for you. The map organizes hundreds of careers into smaller groups that are organized around four compass points: People, Data, Things, and Ideas. These compass points are primary work tasks that exist in most jobs. As you identify the types of work tasks you enjoy most, it can guide you to potential career possibilities.
Meet with a Peer Advisor today to complete a Focus2 Assessment and explore potential career pathways!
- From the K-State homepage, click Sign In at the top of the screen, then click Navigate.
- Log in to Navigate using your K-State eID and password.
- From the Navigate homescreen, click Appointments in the left hand menu, or the "+" symbol in the upper right hand corner.
- Click the blue "Schedule an Appointment" button.
- Open the drop-down menu under "What type of appointment would you like to schedule?" and select Academic Advising. Under the "Service" drop-down menu, select "Exploratory Peer Advising - Course Exploration".
- Click the blue "Find Available Time" button. Follow instructions to find times that work for your schedule, then confirm your appointment.
Assessment of Your Strengths
Gallup's research indicates that people who use their strengths in their careers report higher levels of job satisfaction, and are more likely to say they find their work meaningful. As a K-State student, you can take the CliftonStrengths Assessment for free to identify your top 5 strengths and reflect on how your strengths could align with majors and careers.
Assess Your Options for Majors
Explore all of the options for majors, minors, certificates, and more at KSU, including information about required course curriculum.
Assessment of Your Career Values
Do you know what you value most? Whether we are aware of them or not, our personal values influence the decisions we make every day. Being aware of your top values can provide clarity in the career decision-making process, and the values card sort can help with that.