The Center for Educational Resources and Counseling offers career tests which can help students select a college major and/or career. In order take the career tests, students should visit the center on the first floor of the Mechanical Engineering building, fill out some brief paperwork and receive an appointment to meet with a counselor. The counselor will discuss the tests with the student that are available online. Each test takes about an hour or less to complete. After all the tests have been scored, the counselor will meet with the student to discuss the results, answer questions, and explore options.

The test results and counseling sessions are, of course, confidential to the full extent allowed by law. There is a fee for career testing, which may be paid for by cash, check, Tulane debit card or Accounts Receivable. Although no career tests can reveal "the one right career" for a student, the combination of interest and personality measures can be very useful in identifying potential college majors and/or career options. This information can supplement what students already know about themselves and their career interests.

Below is a brief description of the tests offered:

STRONG INTEREST INVENTORY AND SKILLS CONFIDENCE INVENTORY

The Strung Interest Inventory measures interests by asking the individual to respond "Like," "Indifferent," or "Dislike" to a variety of occupations, academic subjects, people and activities. The person's profile of responses is then compared with typical profiles given by members of over 100 different occupational groups. For example, if an individual's likes and dislikes are similar to those of typical physicians, that person will get a high score on the physician scale, which indicates that the individual has many interests in common with physicians and may enjoy the same kind of work.

MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR (MBTI)

The MBTI is widely used in a variety of educational and organizational settings. It measures an individual's preferences on four dimensions of normal personality, and classifies the person into one of 16 possible "types." Each type tends to prefer certain career and educational environments. It is often useful to compare the types of careers that are suggested by the MBTI with those suggested by the Strong Interest Inventory. The individual can have more confidence in the results if the same kinds of careers are indicated by both personality and interest test results.

CAMPBELL INTEREST AND SKILL SURVEY (CISS)

The Campbell Interest and Skill Survey measures self-reported vocational interests and skills. Similar to traditional interest inventories, its interest scales reflect an individual's attraction for specific occupational areas. It also includes parallel skill scales that provide estimates of an individual's confidence in his or her ability to perform various occupational activities. The Campbell instrument focuses on careers that require post-secondary education and is most appropriate for use with individuals who are college bound or college educated.