Step 1: Finding Out About Yourself
We highly recommend taking advantage of career counseling to help you figure out who you are and what you want out of your education, career, and life.
First: Sign up for a Career Goals Workshop. Just click on the burgundy button to the right.
- Fill out the Informed Consent. (Just above Career Goals Workshop button).
- Watch your email for further information.
Second: If you're still undecided sign up for one or more of our other career assessments through a one-on-one career counseling appointment. Participating in at least two will give you sufficient information for something as important as making a career choice.
- To make an appointment, please email career@nic.edu or call (208) 769-7821
- Assessments we offer:
* STRONG INTEREST INVENTORY
* MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR
* My ACT
* MICRO-SKILLS
- For More Information: NIC Career Services Assessment Procedures
Distance Career Appointments
On Your Own Short Career Quizzes
The above assessments include career counseling with a trained professional which cannot be replaced by Internet tools. However, doing some thinking about yourself and your future can be guided by the following tools.
The Interest Profiler in CIS - Places you in one of 6 Holland Code areas, and links to career options with educational requirements, wages, and number of job openings.
Contact Career Services for access at career@nic.edu or (208) 769-7821
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center Career Interest Assessment (Go to Step 2 and Click Ferguson's Career Guidance Center. The Career Interest Assessment is on the right.)
The Princeton Review Career Quiz
Interest Areas
Career Assessment results will help you identify your interest areas.After you complete a career assessment, click on the North Idaho College Interest Areas below to explore academic programs and pathways that match your strengths and interests:
• Interest Areas That Suit The Artistic Type.pdf
• Interest Areas That Suit The Conventional Type.pdf
• Interest Areas That Suit The Enterprising Type.pdf
• Interest Areas That Suit The Investigative Type.pdf
• Interest Areas That Suit The Realistic Type.pdf
• Interest Areas That Suit The Social Type.pdf