For this activity, you will be working with Career Planning at www.kuder.com.
8. What career(s) are you most interested? How or why did you get interested in the area? How many times have your parent(s) changed careers?
* Today, you will be working with Career Investigation at www.kuder.com
a. Open: http://tx.kuder.com/ (this should open a NEW browser window...if not, open a new window and type in the URL)
b. Set up an account. (New Users) Use your your last name plus your first initial as your username (i.e.. gloker for George Loker), your ID as your password. If your first choice doesn't work, try your full name, then add a # at the end of your name.
School Code...9583.
School Zip...77706. BE SURE TO REGISTER WITH THE SCHOOL.
c. Take all three (3) assessment tests. Batch Codes:
COPY the code for each test...rather than try to type it out.
Assessment Test 1. Career Search... I933355YBD (60 questions)
Assessment Test 2. Skills Assessment... S933354YBD (90 questions - try not to mark everything in the middle)
Assessment Test 3. Work Values Inventory... V933356YBD (72 questions - try to not mark everything in the middle)
* Try to complete an entire test at a time, but you can "Exit and Finish Later"...just try to finish a page and then go to "Next Page" before clicking on the "Exit and Finish Later".
* After you have finished all three assessments, you will be able to review the "Kuder Interests and Skills Composite Report". This is located under "Assessment Results". The Clusters listed toward the top have the strongest correlation between what you LIKE (Interest in NAVY) and what you CAN DO (Skill in YELLOW). Clicking on the "Cluster Name" will take you to a screen to "Explore Occupations" and "Explore College Majors".
* Use the results from Test 3 to determine what is important to you in consideration of the possible careers determined by the first two tests.
Conclusion: By considering occupations that match your interests, skills, and work values you will be more likely to find success and satisfaction in your career.
Screen shots:
Create an account... be sure to use the information from the previous website (school website that took you to the tx.kuder.com site).
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After you logged in, "Take an Assessment":
After you click on "Take an Assessment", you will enter a batch code from my webpage. You can copy and paste that code, just make sure you delete any spaces before or after the code. Then click start.
After you have finished all three tests, you will want to review your assessment results. The 1st and 2nd tests will show up as a composite report which is very helpful to cross tabulate your interests and your skills. The 3rd test will show up as the one test...click on "View" to see what you value.
Here is a sample of the Composite Report that shows for me that I have skill and Interest in Outdoor/Mechanical.
Here is a sample of the Work Values profile (test 3) that shows I value very highly Independence and Creativity. And have a very low value of Co-Workers (meaning, I prefer to work alone).
After you have looked over the overiew of your tests, click on the specific areas that came up at the top of your list:
