Know Yourself: Interests

1. Matchmaker

• Complete online: Log in to Career Cruising (see Quicklinks) and select Assessments. Register for an account or log in to My Plan.
• Matchmaker (non-standardized): Identifies your interests and related occupations.
• No fee to complete and receive your results for critical review: Do I agree with them? Disagree? Not sure?

2. Jackson Vocational Interest Survey (JVIS)

• Complete online: visit JVIS (online fee)
• JVIS (standardized): Assesses your interests and identifies related programs, fields and occupations.
• After completing, critically review your results: Do I agree with them? Disagree? Not sure?  
  

3. Strong Interest Inventory®

Strong Information Brochure (114 KB)

Profile Report 

• The main results of the Strong (standardized) are presented in a Profile Report.
• The 10-page Profile provides a detailed assessment of your interests and personal styles (e.g., learning, leadership, risk-taking), along with information on related work settings, career fields and occupations.
• To complete the Strong, select additional assessments that you would like combined with the main Profile Report. (details below)

a) Strong Profile with College & Interpretive Reports

• Complete online: Strong (click here)
• Combined with your Strong Profile are 2 reports on:
  • related academic majors, educational choices and extracurricular activities (College); and
  • related skills, values, extracurricular activities, and career fields and motivators (Interpretive).
• No charge to complete. A fee (cost recovery) applies only if you request a report of your results:
  • $25.00 for current U of R Students
  • $35.00 for Alumni, Staff, and Former and Unregistered Students

b) Strong Profile with College & Skills Confidence Reports

• Complete online: Strong (click here)
• Combined with your Strong Profile are 2 reports on:
  • related academic majors, educational choices and extracurricular activities (College); and
  • related skills with your level of confidence in performing them (Skills Confidence).
• No charge to complete. A fee (cost recovery) applies only if you request a report of your results: 
  • $20.00 for current U of R Students
  • $30.00 for Alumni, Staff, and Former and Unregistered Students

c) Strong Profile with College, Interpretive & Skills Confidence Reports

• Complete online: Strong (click here)
• Combined with your Strong Profile are 3 reports on:
  • related academic majors, educational choices and extracurricular activities (College);
  • related skills, values, extracurricular activities, and career fields and motivators (Interpretive); and 
  • related skills and your level of confidence in performing them (Skills Confidence).
    
• No charge to complete. A fee (cost recovery) applies only if you request a report of your results:
  • $35.00 for current U of R Students
  • $45.00 for Alumni, Staff, and Former and Unregistered Students

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