Step 1: Define your personality style... Career Selection and Planning Guide Internet Career Connection Of the five steps in this career guidance program, this first step is the most important!  Please complete this step carefully!

When attempting to select a career goal, it's critical that you first understand who you are as an individual.  More specifically, you need to understand your interests, skills, values and behavioral traits.  When viewed as a whole these four pieces of information form your personality style.

The purpose of this first step is to guide you in defining your personality style.  You will accomplish this by completing a number of personal assessment inventories.

For the most comprehensive assessment of your personality style, it is recommended that you complete all four assessment areas listed below.  However, you may choose to complete as few or as many as you wish, but you must complete at least the interest assessment section.

Here are your assessment options:

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Directions:

1. Click on the Interests link below to obtain instructions for defining your interests.

2. After completing the interest assessment, complete any of the following optional assessment areas: skills, values and/or behavioral traits.

3. When you have completed as many assessment areas as you prefer, then move on to Step 2: Identify possible career options.

Interests	Skills	Values	Behavioral traits