Identifying Skills and Interests

WISCareers facilitates lifelong career development, a meaningful work life, and a sound economic future for all Wisconsin residents as its mission. It features high quality career development resources and services. A no-cost registration is required.

Take the WISCareers Career Planning 1-2-3 exploration to get started. You will also find:

• Assessments
• Occupations
• Education
• Job Seeking
• Budgeting

Career One Stop contains many career resources from the federal Department of Labor. Among its assessment tools are:

• Employability Checkup, a snapshot of your ability to find a specific occupation at a specific wage and geographical location.
• Skills Profiler, to identify skills, find occupations and determine skill gaps.
• Skills Center, for skill assessment.
• Testing and Assessments Center, to discover how to use self-assessments tools and standardized tests.

Identify basic job skills

Wisconsin Job Centers have a variety of publications to help you get connected to the world of work, including:

• Transferable Skills
• Ability to Follow Directions
• Grooming for Employment
• Problem Solving
• Employment Skills