Highlighting Your Skills

Employers want workers with specialized skills and aptitude for a particular job. So, it makes sense to look for work that makes the most of your training and experience. As you contemplate your next career move, focus on the skills you can highlight on your resume and in an interview.

• The Skills Matcher at CareerOneStop helps you create a list of skills for a current job or a career for which you want to prepare.
• O*Net Skills Search helps you identify occupations that match your current or anticipated skills set.

Matching Your Personality Traits

Finding a career that matches your personality type can lead to satisfying work in an enjoyable work environment. Get closer to your dream job by identifying your personality traits.

• The well-known Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® identifies your personality type and gives insights into the preferences forming your interests, needs, values and motivation. It can be taken online for a fee or you can look for a certified professional who can administer the assessment and guide you through the results.
• Career Key offers a personal assessment and gives you advice for what to do with the information. There is a fee for purchase.

Challenge Yourself to Think about Your Career

Using two or more of the resources identified in this section about what influences your career choice (values, interests, strengths, skills and personality traits), reflect on your current career.

• How likely is it that you will want to change careers to fulfill one or more of the influencers above? Which influencer do you rely upon most?
• What resources do you have for investigating other careers that are better aligned to your specific influences?
• How will you know when you’ve found the right career for you?