Career Assessments & Information

Will a Career Assessment help me to find me ideal career?  


I get asked this question often. An assessment helps you to learn more information about yourself but there is NO magic test or assessment that will give you THE answer. However, it is helpful to know information such as personality type, values, interests, skills, educational goals, work culture and geographical demands in choosing the perfect career (IF one exists)!  


Here are some sites which are helpful and are free:  


BLS Student Information on finding your career:  http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm


Personality type:  http://www.careertest.net/cgi-bin/q.pl


Career Path site:  http://www.careerpath.com/career-planning/

Internet Career Connection:  http://www.iccweb.com/news.htm

Paid assessments:


Interest Inventory: SDS - http://www.self-directed-search.com/default.aspx


Excellent Information:


Choosing a college major based on your personality:  http://www.careerkey.org/pdf/personality_college_major_match_research.pdf

Job Hunting in South Dakota

If one wants to stay in South for a job, how do they find job openings? Here is a list of places to find job openings. Note that each one may or may not have listings in your field, this depends upon the culture of the business where they post jobs and how much they want to pay. 

State jobs:
http://bop.sd.gov/workforus/mainjoblist/default.aspx

Board of Regents jobs in higher education:

BOR

Postings from SD Department of Labor:
SD Works   (you can do a quick search before you register)


Dakota Roots:     geared for those who want to return to SD to work
Dakota Roots


Websites which search all the job boards:
www.indeed.com


www.simplyhired.com


Sioux Falls area jobs:
www.keloland.com


www.argusleader.com

Aberdeen area jobs:
http://www.aberdeennews.com/

http://www.aberdeen.sd.us/jobs.aspx

Job Fairs in SD:
Job Fairs

Career and Life Coaching

I am now updating this blog because I have had many questions lately from clients about job searching and how to go about the process. I will use this blog as a way to keep people posted on job hunting ideas and how to find that special career. Stay tuned as I update this much more frequently. 

Wendy Stubbs
Career and Life Coach

Welcome to Super Career Coach

Need to make a career change or jump start your career? Then you have come to the right place as I will share with you information, success tips and info on how to make a career change! If you have questions or thoughts on this, feel free to check out www.dreamcareercoaching.com to see if I have it answered there!

Let the career search begin!

Wendy Stubbs