Explore
Objectives
Self-assessment is a discovery process that allows you to better understand yourself. You can identify your interests, skills, and values through self-exploration and assessments.
Self-Exploration: Make a list of your occupational daydreams. What do you really enjoy? What motivates you? What does being successful mean to you? If you could have any job possible, what would that job be? What skills do you want to use and what skills do you want to develop?
Choose classes and activities that interest you. Be aware of your surroundings and notice what attracts your interest.
Join student activity groups. There are many student activity groups at ASU centered on various interests and causes. Involvement in these groups and the activities and/or volunteer work they sponsor can help you in nailing down your career interests.
Assessments
Assessments can help clarify your interests, values, and preferences, and how they relate to particular majors and careers.
The Kuder Career Assessment is an interest inventory that gives you a summary of your interests and points to ASU majors to consider.
Additional Assessments
http://www.ccri.edu/career/selfexploration/—Exercises on self-exploration from the Community College of Rhode Island
http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/cdcweb/careerweb/Self.htm—Self-exploration activities from LaGuardia Community College, New York
http://www.personalitytype.com/career_quiz—Brief personality assessment based on MBTI categories.
Next Steps
Through the processes of self-exploration and assessment, you should now have a better idea about where your interests, skills, and values lie. List them to use in the next step of narrowing down your options and creating major options. You are now ready to DISCOVER your options.
Call (602) 496-0589 or email majorexploration@asu.edu with questions or to make an appointment.