Discover your strengths and needs…
“Where do you see yourself in 5 years?” is one of the most common questions young professionals are expected to answer at academic and professional interviews.
Conducting regular self-audits and formal assessments at least once every 4-5 years helps keep your goals, skills, interests and actions aligned from high school through retirement and makes it easier to answer this question… and to explain your answer.
Your personality traits, learning style and go-to responses to new information, projects and stress are essential to helping you gain a deeper understanding of what you value and how you interact with others as well as the world around you.
Young Professionals need different resources at different stages of their lives and careers. Some are closely attuned to their values and defining traits at an early age while others progress in life struggling to understand or determine their defining traits and values.
The key at any stage in work or life? That’s right… ETHOS, LOGOS. PATHOS!
BASIC TIMELINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO STAY ON TRACK AT EACH STAGE
17-18: Burgeoning Young Adults: What’s Next?
18-21: Tier 1 Career Planning: College-to-Career
21-30: Burgeoning Young Professionals: Post-Baccalaureate Training
21-30: Tier 2 Career Planning: New & Emerging Professionals
30-40: Tier 3 Career Planning for Established Young Professionals
FREE/LOW-COST RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS & EMERGING YOUNG PROS!
(A) FREE SII EVALUATIONS
HOW SIIs WORK:
(B) COMPREHENSIVE PERSONALITY EVALUATIONS
There are more comprehensive assessments available through the Wiley’s Everything DiSC platform (Ranging $72 and higher), the Enneagram Institute (Ranging $20 and higher) and other sources recommended in our Assessment Options page.
HOW STRENGTH-FINDING TESTS WORK:
DiSC: This assessment consists of 4 general categories charted into a pie graph:
Most people are not 100% one or the other, but rather a combination of tendencies leaning more towards one classification or another in the pie chart. Because of the way the graph is set up, it’s important to review the notes on each part of your assessment and to see whether your goals and personality align. For a list of all the possible combinations, Click Here.
ENNEAGRAM: This assessment is set up more like a dreamcatcher or Moravian star and consists of 9 general categories:
Click the orange links for a short audio about each category.
Again, most people are not 100% one or the other, but rather place towards the center of the star with tendencies leaning more towards one classification or another. The classifications are slightly more straightforward that the DiSC, but still help to determine whether your goals and personality align with similar accuracy.
CLIFTON/HIGH5: These exams test for similar aptitudes based on the variety of EQ questions asked to test your response to scenarios that are similar (or identical to the DiSC and Enneagram questions. Clifton frames you in 4 strategic classifications (similar to those of DiSC) while High5 places you based on 5 emotional categories (as evidenced by the graphs above). Individuals are assigned a % for each category, which indicates their strengths and gaps/weaknesses.
VIA: The VIA tests more specifically for the emotional and intellectual virtues behind the strategic classifications of the other exams. It is similar to the Enneagram and High5 exams. The classifications are slightly more detailed than the other exams, however the classifications are couched in the philosophical context of “virtues” rather than “strengths,” which is very insightful but requires some decoding for those who are not accustomed to Aristotle’s theory of Virtues, Vices or The Golden Mean.
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Dedicated to Dr. Marijo Russell O’Grady, Dyson College Dean of Students (RIP 08/08/20), Prof. Patricia Mary Lucas, Political Science THE Mary Louis Academy & St. John’s University (RIP 09/08/18) and to all the great mentors and advocates who have helped and inspired out team and many others.
