Career Assessments for Career Development
Cluster Assessment-GaCollege411
Go to the home page of
If a first time user, you must create an account. Ask your teacher if they or the county has already created an account for you. If so, use that log in information. Once you log in with the teacher or county created information, you will be able to change your password. Make sure you make it something that is professional and something that you will remember year after year.
If you are not a first time user of , then you are to sign into your account with your account name and password.
Now go to “Career Planning” at the top of the screen, then to “Learn About Yourself”
Click on “Career Cluster Inventory”
If you have completed this assessment in the past it will state “You previously completed the career cluster survey on: date”
You are to click on the get started button and after you have completed your assessment compare your answers to your previous session.
Activities
You are now to click on the activities that you like now or that you think you might like in the future. You will have four pages of items and may select as many as you want on each of the pages.
Personal Qualities/traits/characteristics
You will now have two pages of personal qualities or personality traits/characteristics and you are to select all that apply to you.
Select all the traits/characteristics that you think you have or are at this time. Use the list below to help you understand the meanings of the traits.
Independent – not influenced or controlled by others
Inquisitive – questioning,
Able to use creativity and imagination – artistic and innovative
Well ordered and efficient – doing the most without loss of time, energy or money
Sociable – love to be with other people
Trustworthy – keep commitments, show integrity, people can count on you
Able to communicate clearly – good oral and written communication
Kind hearted – loving, thinking of others
Tactful – say what you mean in a nice way
Good communicator/listener - get your messages across in a positive way
Rational thinker – logical, systematic order to your decisions
Daring – facing danger,
Practical - useful
Keen – sharp, intense
Good at details – able to see the little things
Sensible – being aware, having good sense
Someone who enjoys nature – loves being outside
Able to follow directions – remembers and follows directions
Can use a large vocabulary with confidence – understand when adults speak
Realistic and rational – see things as they really are
Certain – sure, free from doubt
Neat and organized – everything has a place and is in that place
Competitive – like competing and winning
Good at following directions – do what you are told
Inspired - influenced
Compassionate – feeling sympathy for another’s misfortune
Able to see the details in the big picture – see small things or parts in things
Reliable - dependable
Observant – quick to perceive, alert,
Aggressive – daring, forceful, even hostile
Curious – wanting to know, eager to know
Mechanical – routine, lacking spontaneity,
Energetic – full of energy
Detailed orientated – do all the little things to make something happen
Interested in new technology – keep up to date with technological changes
Tolerant – put up with, enduring,
Ready to lend a hand – helping others
Confident – sure of self
Interested in community service – helping in community, volunteering
Thoughtful and precise – consider of others and very exact
Cooperative – willing to work with others
Not interested in material things – money and stuff doesn’t matter to you
Determined – decided, settled, unwavering,
Civic minded – concerned with citizenship and actions of others
Active physically – on the go, moving, muscles,
Imaginative - creative
Impartial – treat everyone equal, fair,
Coordinated – keeping together
Good at planning – organized, use checklist, able to follow through
Able to see the possibilities – see options available
Empathize with others’ feelings – Understanding what someone else is feeling
Diplomatic – tactful, suave, say things in a nice way.
Inquisitive - questioning
Rational – able to reason, using logic
Precise – being exact
Patient – putting up with, tolerating delays, tolerating annoyances
Friendly and outgoing – love to be around people and get along with them
Perceptive and analytical – understanding, having insight, intuitive
Focused – able to concentrate, stay on task
Decisive – able to make your own decisions
Methodical – planning and following those plans
Motivated – doing your best, wanting to do your best
Orderly – tidy, arranged in order, following rules
Perceptive – understanding without being told
Able to solve problems imaginatively – come up with creative but good solutions
Calm and determined – without rough emotion and not giving up
Don’t give up easily – complete all tasks
Dependable – people can count on your to do the things you say you will do
Someone who likes to listen to others – good listener
Consistent and organized – composed, firm, and in order
Good at solving problems – good decision maker for positive outcomes
Good listener – actually listen to others without judging
Don’t get mad easily – control your temper
Open minded – broad minded, don’t judge other people
Careful and precise – exact, without causing hurt
Look at the bright side – optimistic – look for good in things/people
Efficient - doing the most you can with the least amount of waste of time, energy or money
Influential – have the power to persuade others
Good at mechanics – good at working with your hands on things
Organized – everything has a place and it is in its place
School subjects: Select all the school subjects that you might be interested knowing more about in the future. Use the list below to help you understand the topic better.
Accounting – learning to organize and maintain financial records
Agriculture – learning about crops, livestock animals and farming
Art/Graphic Design – learn computer created art and designs,
Audiovisual Technologies- learn how to use sound and sight in technical creations
Banking/Financial Services – learn money management
Biology- study of living things
Business – learn the skills needed in the business world for profit seeking enterprises
Business Law – learn the laws to guide and influence businesses
Chemistry – learn the science that studies the composition, properties and reactions of substances and elements.
Communications – learn ways to send or transmit information
Computer Applications- learn computer skills
Construction Trades – learn basic skills required in putting things together
Drafting – learn to make mechanical drawings
Earth Science – learn the science of the earth, geology
Electrical Trades/Heating/Refrigeration – learn the basics to work in the electrical trades
Electronics/Computer Networking – learn the basics to network computers together
English – correct grammar, learn literature and composition
Family and Consumer Science – learn the basics of shopping, cooking, sewing, self esteem building
Finance - learn about money management
First Aid/First Responder – learn basic first aid procedures
Food Services – learn to mass produce food dishes
Foreign Languages – learn to speak different languages
Government/History – Learn about the American Government system and how it was formed
Journalism/Literature – learn to write articles and stories
Language Arts – grammar and sentence structure
Law Enforcement – basic law enforcement and fire fighting techniques
Life Science – learn about living things
Marketing – learn to advertise to market and sale things proficiently
Math – learn about numbers
Music – band, chorus,
Occupational Heath- learn about how to deal with health issues
Physical Sciences – learn about energy, chemistry and physics – non living things
Physics – learn about matter, energy, motion and force
Psychology/Sociology – learn about the mind, mental states and how people live
Science – learn about observing and experimenting in the physical world
Social Studies – learn about humans, their lives and communities
Speech and Drama – learn about speeches and the performing arts
Technical/Technology Education – learn about mechanical and electrical engineering
Trade and Industry – learn about skilled, manual work
Now click on “See your top clusters”
This will take you to a screen that shows a bar graph of your top clusters.
Write your top three cluster areas into your career notebook.
You may write your reflections about the results of your career cluster assessment in the box provided and then save. Be sure to save your results to your portfolio.
Click on your highest cluster area and it will take you to screen that gives you the pathways in that cluster area. Now click on the pathways to see which one or ones you might like the best for your future. Save these to your portfolio, there is a button on the left hand side of the screen that states “save to portfolio” click that button. The button should now state “in portfolio”. You may refer back to this cluster and its pathways anytime in the future by logging into your portfolio. Write at least two pathways from your cluster areas in your career notebook on the same page as you listed your three clusters.
Explore the some of the careers for your selected cluster. In your career notebook list five careers that you might like to explore more in the future.
On a sheet in your notebook, at this time you should have listed the top three clusters, two pathways and five careers. This will be turned in for a grade and returned to you to stay in your career notebook.
Enrichment: Extra Credit
If you have completed the above assignment before the rest of the class, research to find out if your local high school offers all three of your career clusters areas. Does your local high school offer the two pathways that you selected? List the three classes that you must take in order to be a pathway completer in each of those pathways.
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