Benefits of Taking an Online Interest Inventory

by Gary Anderson
former college Career Center Director and high school career choice advisor

It simply doesn't matter where you are in your career journey. Help is available to assist you in choosing a career direction that can be fulfilling, challenging and satisfying.

One of the first steps towards developing a career path plan is to identify where a person's career interests lie. Completing an interest inventory will ensure that you are focusing on potential careers that involve your interest.

Here are some of the benefits of taking an online career interest inventory:

1. An online interest inventory helps a person focus on potential career directions. If you are in high school or early in college looking for college major options, it is best to focus on a major that contains some interests to you. If you are a current professional contemplating a change in career directions, an online interest inventory can be the first step in helping you find your second career.

2. Immediate feedback. When you take the Career Liftoff® Interest Inventory, your results are given to you immediately upon completion. No counseling sessions or long phone conferences to follow up with to evaluate your results.

3. The Career Liftoff® Online Interest Inventory is taken in the privacy of your home. This interest inventory is delivered to you and taken via the Interent and can be taken any day of the week, 24 hours a day.

It's time to get started on your career planning path ............