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Searching on Your Own

The Self-Directed Search (SDS) is a job-matching exam that connects individuals with occupations based on their ambitions, competences, activities, and interests. The end result is a tailored report that ranks and details how realistic, investigative, creative, sociable, enterprising, or conventional you are—a RIASEC version of the Holland hypothesis. Along with your individual summary code, you'll receive a list of occupations with pay statistics as well as educational options that are a good match for you and your findings. The SDS also provides reports tailored to veterans and students.

The price is $14.95.

Riso-Hudson, The Enneagram Institute Screenshot of the Enneagram Type Indicator from the Enneagram Institute.

This test determines which of the nine Enneagram types you are: a reformer, a helper, an achiever, an individualist, an investigator, a loyalist, an enthusiast, a challenger, or a peacemaker.

Understanding more about your personality type might help you get along better with your colleagues and point you in the right direction while looking for a job.

The price is $12.

CliftonStrengths Gallup

This examination, formally known as the Clifton StrengthsFinder, determines your top five strengths from a pool of 34 potential strengths. Elena Pastore, a Muse career counselor, often uses it with clients to "assist them in synthesizing and understanding what they are genuinely strong at, what they thoroughly like, and how to discover a job that is matched." "CliftonStrengths is not a personality evaluation, and so cannot and should not be used to drive individuals along a certain job route," Pastore emphasizes. "Rather of forecasting a certain job, this test is better used to assist people recognize their skills and then evaluate what they need to prosper and what they provide to organizations."

After you complete the survey, you will get a personalized report outlining your top five dominating abilities, as well as videos and supporting tools to help you achieve academic, professional, and personal success.

Price range: $19.99 and up

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

The MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator), which is applicable in all aspects of your life, is one of the most often utilized evaluations by career centers and managers alike. "Many firms utilize the MB exam to assess counseling, leadership training, and work-team development abilities," says Muse career coach Steven Davis, owner of Renaissance Solutions Inc. and a technical recruiter. So your findings may not only put you in the direction of potential opportunities, but they can also "be a great instrument for progress, gaining recognition, and promotions."

The MBTI assesses your personality preferences, including where you acquire your energy, how you process information, how you make choices, and what sort of structure you want in your environment. While these preferences may undoubtedly lead to jobs that may fit you well, they can also provide you with a wealth of information about what kind of workspaces may suit you best, what your working preferences are, and how you can best interact to people at the office. Davis recommends that you "approach the exam to understand more about who you are as a person," as well as how you could communicate best and how others may view you.

If you don't want to pay to take the official exam, you may take a decent (and free) online version here.

A basic online report costs $49.95; a personalized report costs $175.

Aptitude Testing at the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation

Since 1922, this non-profit research organization has been investigating natural human traits and aptitudes. Its purpose is to assist individuals in making educated choices about their career pathways based on the premise that the most gratifying employment is one that utilizes one's inherent aptitudes and talents. They assist you in narrowing down the sectors that are most likely to provide you with professional fulfillment by recognizing those aptitudes. Unlike other online examinations, these assessments are only accessible at 11 testing facilities around the country.

If visiting a center is not in your plans (or the $850 price tag is too expensive! ), you may sample the Johnson O'Connor technique by taking a free career evaluation exam produced for Oprah.com.

The price is $850.