Assignment: Assess Your Personal Identity and Values
In the following activity, you will sample several self-assessment surveys to gain insights about your personal identity, values, educational goals, and career goals. By better understanding the interconnections, you are in a better position to make solid college and career choices. This activity will help you examine several surveys that help you self-assess personal identity, values, and interests. You will also explore educational goals and/or career paths that match your personal identity, values, and interests, using a self-assessment survey.
Learning Objectives
o Describe how personality tests and skills inventories help to evaluate career paths and identify personal interests to meet educational goals.
Directions
1) Spend a few moments thinking about questions or feelings you may have about your personal identity, your values, and your educational goals.
2) Review the self-assessment survey instruments listed below, and select one that represents your interests in examining your values.
3) Complete the survey you've selected, maintaining an objective, honest, and open stance. Listen to your inner voice and to what is uniquely important to you.
4) When you complete the survey, reflect on the parallels you see between educational goals and career goals.
5) Write a few paragraphs about what you discover. What surprises you the most? What excites you the most? Are your educational goals in sync with your personal identity and values?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.