Books

Career Change: Everything You Need to Know to Meet New Challenges and Take Control of Your Career by David P. Helfand

Change Your Job, Change Your Life: High Impact Strategies for Finding Great Jobs in the Decade Ahead (Change Your Job Change Your Life, 7th Ed) by Ronald L. Krannich

Career Choice, Change & Challenge: 125 Strategies from the Experts at careerjournal.com by Deb Koen, Tony Lee

Discover What You Are Best At by Linda Gale

Self-Assessment Web sites

JobSpectrum has information on using online career assessments but bear in mind that they vary considerably in terms of interactivity, what they measure, what kinds of results they provide, and whether they are really cost-free. (If an online assessment turns up a career possibility that you don't think is remotely suited to you, feel free to disregard it.) Here are some sites to investigate:

Campbell Interest & Skill Survey from U.S. News & World Report, NCS Assessments, and author David Campbell, Ph.D. When you complete this 320-question survey, your results will be compared to the results of people who are successfully employed in the fields you're interested in. Nearly 60 occupations are covered in your personalized report. Cost: $17.95.

Keirsey Temperament Sorter. This interactive site explains the 16 various personality types and lets you take the Keirsey Character Sorter or the Keirsey Temperament Sorter. Results are provided in Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) language. Cost: free.

Personality Page. This 60-question assessment is based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, a well-known test indicating 16 personality types. MBTI isn't given online, but this personality questionnaire will give you a lengthy summary about your type. Cost: $5.

Personality Online. Offers several tests, including a 70-question Keirsey Temperament Sorter, the "Enneagram," which measures personality on nine different scales, and a "Personality Profile," which measures 14 profiles or types. Cost: free.

Return to article.