Q. I want to help my high school student decide on a college and a career path, but I don’t know where to start. Can your career tests help him figure out what he wants to do?

A. You naturally want your teen to choose a job that he will like and be successful at, but figuring out exactly what this might be can be difficult with a young person who isn’t sure just what he wants to do. Career tests can help your teen become aware of his personality and career interests, and understand the important factors to consider in his career choice. 

The Myers Briggs Type Indicator is a personality test commonly used with high school students. This test will determine your teen’s personality type and his style of making decisions, processing information, and structuring his life. The MBTI Career Report will provide a ranking of careers based on your teen’s type, so that he can get an idea of what fields have proven satisfying for people similar to himself. 

The Strong Interest Inventory is the world’s most widely used career interests assessment, and will measure your student’s interest level in a variety of job tasks. The assessment matches your teen’s interest profile with the interest profile of successful professionals to determine which careers best fit his preferred work tasks. This test also comes in a Strong College Profile version to assist in the choice of a college major.