Lesson 1 – Career Exploration and Interest Surveys

Introduction: Many times, students struggle with what career they would even be interested in pursuing.  It is important to provide students with opportunities to explore their interests and strengths to assist them if finding career that may fit those strengths and interests.  There are several online and paper surveys that students can complete that will provide these important aspects.

This lesson will provide some links and insights for a few of these career survey tools.  You can have students complete as many of the online or printable surveys they want to complete to allow them to explore and find their interests and strengths.  Once students find out what careers they may be well suited for by looking at the results, they can then explore specific careers with the resources in Lesson #2.

Mentor/Volunteers:

• Review the Information Below & Visit The Sites to Familiarize Yourself with the Survey Tools and Career Assessments

Ohio Means Jobs Career Cluster Inventory – https://jobseeker.k-12.ohiomeansjobs.monster.com/ExploreIt/DefaultCci.aspx#/how-it-works

• Provide this URL from Ohio Means Jobs to students by either emailing the link to the student or providing the URL address to the students for them to type into their browser.  Students can then complete the survey online to find out what career clusters they are interested in.

Interest Assessment – https://www.careeronestop.org/toolkit/careers/interest-assessment.aspx

• Provide this URL to students by either emailing the link to the student or providing the URL address to the students for them to type into their browser.  Students can then complete the survey online to find out what career clusters they are interested in.

Online Career Cluster Interest Survey – https://www.careerwise.mnscu.edu/careers/clusterSurvey

• Provide this URL to students by either emailing the link to the student or providing the URL address to the students for them to type into their browser.  Students can then complete the survey online to find out what career clusters they are interested in.

Printable Student Interest Survey – CLICK HERE to download and print the survey

• You can print this survey and make copies for the students to take to identify their top 3 career clusters based on their interests.