Career Counseling

•  Individual Career Counseling - call 512.245.2645.
Students are encouraged to discuss their choice of major, as well as related career plans, with the counseling staff of Career Services.  Appointments for these services are recommended at least 2 - 3 days in advance.  Our professional staff is also available to review resumes and cover letters.

• Major/Degree Information - Learn more about a certain major/degree.

Walk-In Career Counseling

Walk-In career coaching hours are held in the Career services office on the 5th floor of the LBJ Student Center. Students do not need to schedule an appointment and may come in during our scheduled hours for 30 minute appointments.

Monday and Tuesdays - 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Wednesdays and Thursdays - 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Free Assessment Inventories

Career assessments can help students understand their skills, interests, personality traits, work values, and how these relate to majors and jobs.  If you are interested in an assessment, contact Career Services at 512.245.2645, and counselors can assist you with the assessment process.

Free Assessment Inventories.  [These tests have not been fully evaluated for reliability and validity.  Students are encouraged to see a counselor to dscuss the results of these assessments].

Focus2 - Career Services' newest free online assessment.

Sigi3® - license has expired.  Please click on link and see next page.

CDDQ.org -
[Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire] The CDDQ’s goal is to locate the focuses of a person’s career decision-making difficulties, and to recommend ways to overcome them.

Fee-based Assessment Inventories. 

Due to the nature of these assessments, student and alumni must pay and get access in person at Career Services, LBJ Student Center 5-7.1. 

• The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) is a forced-choice personality inventory, based on C.G. Jung's theory of Psychological Types.  Its purpose is to make this comprehensive theory of personality practical and useful in people's lives. 
• The Strong Interest Inventory® will provide individuals with information about themselves and their relationship to the working world, information that can lead to greater self-understanding and better decisions about the course of their lives.
• The Self-Directed Search can help with career decisions, wherever a person is in life.  It has been used by more than 29 million people worldwide and has been translated into more than 25 different languages.  SDS results have been supported by more than 500 research studies.

Career Exploration

Summer Jobs Information - Everything you need to know about finding the perfect summer job for you.

www.citytowninfo.com/employment
The CityTownInfo.com career directory presents information on hundreds of employment categories and thousands of schools, to help people find and pursue careers of interest to them.  The Careers tab lists hundreds of employment categories with nationwide summary employment data. For a detailed profile on any of the careers, please click on the career name. Each career has its own profile page, including info on the profession in hundreds of local metropolitan areas. Most career pages also have photographs and even a video describing the career path.