Career planning is a process whereby one discovers and pursues more rewarding job opportunities through a program of careful self-assessment and exploration of new career paths.

The process of self-assessment is one of taking stock of yourself and clarifying what truly matters to you as an individual: your dreams, goals, interests, skills, values, and personality style among other factors. A career counselor can act as a guide through this process, using customized exercises, one-on-one exploration, assessment tools, and homework assignments designed to highlight your unique gifts, values, and aspirations. It is a process that is valuable to undertake whether you are just finishing school, returning to work after a long break, or feeling the need to change career direction due to job dissatisfaction, burnout, or stagnation.



Career Interest & Personality Type Assessments
While each person's exploration process is unique, below are listed some of the standardized tools that may be used in assessing both your career interests and personality style. These two personal factors are among the most important for you to consider in choosing a career path.

The Strong Interest Inventory is administered by career professionals around the world to help clients identify areas of occupational, vocational, and recreational interest that can assist in selecting occupations that best match your areas of interest.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, based on C.G. Jung's Theory of psychological types, helps to assess your preferred modes of functioning four main areas:

The match (or lack thereof) between your preferred ways of functioning and your job can in turn strongly influence your level of career satisfaction and success.

Career Transition Counseling

It is estimated that American workers change careers anywhere from two to seven times over the course of their working life, and that the average job span now lasts around 3 years.

Career changers often find it helpful to have assistance in exploring their options and strategically planning their next steps. Working with a career counselor can help you in identifying your transferable skills and market them in ways to best position yourself for new opportunities, whether in your former area of work or in new industries and directions.