Do What You Are will help you better understand yourself, your motivations, your preferences, your strengths, and your potential areas for growth. This personality type tool can help you make the most satisfying choices for your major field of study and your future occupation or career.

The MBTI, a tool developed by Drs. Briggs and Myers, helps make Jung's theory of psychological (personality) types understandable and useful in everyday life. It will help you determine how you best interact with the world and where you direct your energy (extravert or introvert); the kind of information you naturally notice and remember (sensors or intuition); whether you make decisions logically and impersonally or by using personal values (thinking or feeling); and your preference for a more structured or more spontaneous way of life (judging or perceiving).

Take the MBTI
To take the MBTI, please go to the BYU Hawaii Career Services Center (CAF 180, adjoins the cafeteria) or Counseling Services (MCK 181) and obtain a client login and password. You may then take an online version of the assessment.

Results will be returned to the center where you obtained your login code. You will receive a customized MBTI Career Report which will be interpreted for you by a qualified MBTI administrator.

The Holland Code identifies six different vocational types: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional. Sometimes referred to as the RIASEC model, the theory was developed by vocational psychologist, Dr. John Holland.

 

Note: Drag your mouse over each vocational type for more specific details.

 

Your Strong Interest Inventory (College Edition) report helps you explore the path that is right for you by identifying specific college courses, jobs or internships, and extracurricular activities that will allow you to express your unique interests and personal style.

Step-by-step advice on how to evaluate academic majors that fit your interests-and, for advanced students, tips on how to assess a potential first job or graduate program-provides extra help for college students beginning to prepare for success in the world of work. Note that this assessment measures interests, not skills or abilities.

Access Instructions
To take the Strong Interest Inventory, please go to the BYU Hawaii Career Services Center (CAF 180, adjoins the cafeteria) or Counseling Services (MCK 181) and obtain a client login and password.  You may then take an online version of the assessment.

Results will be returned to the center where you obtained your login code.  You will receive a customized Strong College Profile report which will be interpreted for you by a qualified Strong administrator.

TRUE COLORS is a simple and yet accurate assessment tool based on psychological / personality type or temperament theory. Participants identify a personal "color spectrum" (Blue, Green, Orange, Gold) that represents key personality types and specific behaviors associated with those types.

Note: Drag your mouse over each of the following to view the associative color spectrum.

• Holland Code (RIASEC) » Learn More
• MBTI - Myers Briggs Type Indicator » Learn More
• Kiersey Temperant Sortera » Learn More
• Dictionary of Occupational Titles » Learn More

The SDS measures a person's personality type using Dr. John Holland's six career clusters: realistic (R), investigative (I), artistic (A), social (S), enterprising (E), and conventional (C). Your test results will be indicated in a three letter summary code, indicating the Holland type you most closely resemble based on your responses. The first letter of the code is the type you most resemble, the second letter is for the next strongest type, and the third letter is for the third strongest type. The types not listed in your three letter code are those types you resemble the least.

Your SDS results are not a measure of your abilities or aptitudes but rather an indication if your personality is suited to the type.

Take the SDS: To take the SDS (Self-Directed Search), pick up a testing center ticket at either the Career Center or the Counseling Center. Take your ticket to the BYU Hawaii Testing Center and ask to take the SDS. Your results will be returned to whichever center you used to get your ticket. Please schedule an appointment with a counselor for SDS results interpretation.

Identify your skills used in many jobs or career areas and get a list of occupations using those skills. You may choose to do either a questionnaire version or to arrange a 'card sort". Both allow you to select 35 skills (out of 72) that you would find satisfying while working on the job. You will rate these as Very Satisfying, Moderately Satisfying, Somewhat Satisfying, and Discard.

You will receive a list of sorted and rated occupations. Then you can compare your chosen skills to those needed to successfully perform a job.

The OCC-U-SORT instrument helps you think about the job market realistically---your willingness to deal with certain tasks, your education level and salary expectations.

The state of Hawaii's Career Information Delivery System, Career kokua, is a computerized system of localized, current career and related educational information essential for sound decision making.

Access assessments (Holland Code, ONET Interest Profiler and Work Importance Locator, Skills Profiler) and conduct occupational research. This site has excellent information on Hawaii employment. When you log-in to the system, use our university access code: user name: byuh. Contact the Career Center for the passcode.