Washtenaw Community College’s Center for Career Success offers two career assessments:
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MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator): Identifies personality type and decision-making preferences.
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Strong Interest Inventory (SII): Matches personal interests to potential careers and educational paths.
Assessment process:
- Meet with a Career Advisor – Discuss interest in taking the assessments and receive instructions.
- Complete the Assessments – Receive a link via email; each takes about 30–45 minutes.
- Review Results – Meet again with your advisor to explore your personalized report and career direction.
Self-Assessment for Career Planning
Take a career assessment or browse careers to view relevant data on wages, employment, and training.
What Can I Do with this Major?
Explore career options with the What can I do with this major? site, which features 100 major profiles with information on common career paths, types of employers that hire in the field, and strategies to maximize opportunities. Scroll to the bottom of each profile for links to professional associations, occupational outlook information, and job search resources.
Salary Data and Employment Trends
There are several public resources available to you to help resource how much a job will pay, job growth, and job availability.
- O*NET OnLine has detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development and HR professionals, students, researchers, and more!
- Michigan Labor Market Information offers forecasting, wage and trend information specific to the State of Michigan.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook includes basic information on how occupations are expected to grow or decline in the next five to ten years. This site has information on employment trends and current hot jobs.
- National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) offers information about career readiness, career development, the job market, a salary survey and more.
Forage
FREE, VIRTUAL, self-paced job simulations designed for students. Explore careers, gain practical work experience, and align your major with your career goals.
No experience or application required!
Select your virtual experience from topic areas below:
- Business: Accounting, Business, Consulting, Finance, Human Resources, Insurance, Marketing, Project Management, Sales, and more!
- Engineering: Electrical, Civil, Manufacturing, EV, Industrial
- Healthcare
- Law: Commercial, Digital, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Criminal, Finance, Family, Employment, and more!
- Personal & Professional Development: Personal Branding, Workplace Preparation, Leadership, Career Readiness, and more!
- Technology: Information Technology, Networking, Cybersecurity, Programming, Information Systems, Data Science & Analytics, and more!
Build Projects - Open Avenues
8-week, 100% remote projects across 30+ projects led by industry professionals within Business, Physical and Life Sciences, Engineering, and Computing & Data Science.