Learn Where You May Thrive
Career Assessment is a process to aid you in zeroing in on career options and a major that is right for you. Career Advancement offers several assessment options that focus on assessing your interests and abilities. You’ll learn more about yourself, your options and which careers you may find most rewarding.
In addition to using the Focus 2 assessment and other tools below, we encourage you to make an appointment in Handshake with Career Advancement to help you navigate this important process.
Focus 2 — A System for Career Planning
FOCUS 2 CAREER guides you through a reliable, intuitive career & education decision making model to help you choose majors, explore occupations & make informed career decisions.
How to Access
- BSU Students: Log in to MyBSU, then click on the Career Planning tile under Student Resources.
- Prospective Students: If you are not a BSU student, contact Career Advancement at (218) 755-2038 or career@bemidjistate.edu for instructions on how to access Focus2.
Career Planning
Assesses students’ involvement and introduces activities that support career and education decision making. Includes the student’s self described career and educational goals, academic strengths and weaknesses, career planning status and personal development needs.
Self-Assessment
Five reliable and valid assessments guide the career exploration process. Students can combine the results of multiple assessments to get more refined results. Students can review their answers and retake any assessment as often as they like. The full battery includes:
- Work Interest Inventory
- Skills
- Values
- Leisure Activities
- Personality Assessment
Career Exploration
Our extensive database includes current detailed information on 1000+ different occupations. You can compare two occupations side by side, search for occupations by industry and much more.
What Can I Do With a Major In
Focus 2 incorporates the areas of study offered at your school. Allows students to explore potential career options for each of your programs of study.
Other Assessments
CareerWise Education: This website has an online assessment where students can “Match Your Skills to Careers” and an “Online Assessments” section.
CareerOnestop: Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, has tools for job seekers, students, businesses and career professionals.
MCIS: The Minnesota Career Information System assessment is free.
The GPS Lifeplan: Helps students set goals and design plans that will lead them to a satisfying life. This program has the flexibility to be used by people of all ages and at all stages. Explore the website to learn more about the 5 Plans: Career, Education, Finance, Leadership and Personal to discover how they might help you.