Career Development & Recruiting
Assessments
Strong Interest Inventory (free)
Based on John Holland’s Six Career Personality Types, The Newly Revised Strong Interest Inventory is a tool that can help students to evaluate their work interests. This assessment can show how your interests compare to those of professionals in hundreds of occupations. Students can either come by the Career Resource Center, 316 Hendrix Student Center to take this assessment during our office hours or they can take the assessment online by clicking here for instructions. ALL students must make an appointment with a career counselor to view the results of their 14 page assessment. If you need an alternate format for reviewing the strong interest inventory results, please request this when scheduling your appointment so your career counselor can be prepared with the most appropriate format for reviewing your profile. Please log-in to your ClemsonJobLink (CJL) account to schedule an in person or virtual appointment. NOTE: You may need to update your CJL profile first. After logging in to CJL, select “Counseling” on the top right to schedule an individual in-person or virtual appointment with a counselor to have your interest inventory results interpreted. Appointments are available 10 am to 11:30 am and 1:30 pm to 4 pm Monday through Friday. If you have any questions, please call us at (864) 656-0440 or email us at cucareercenter@gmail.com.
Focus2 (free)
FOCUS 2 is a self-paced, interactive career guidance tool that provides you with a complete picture of your interests, values, skills, and personality using self-assessment questionnaires, interest inventories, and personality testing. It is designed to help you make decisions about your Clemson major, explore various career options, and provide valuable occupational information. Another great feature is being able to identify and track career competencies that employers and graduate schools are seeking in new candidates.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) ($35)
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® instrument measures personality preference on four scales; Extraversion - Introversion (E - I), Sensing - Intuition (S - N), Thinking - Feeling (T - F), and Judgment - Perception (J - P). This Indicator lets you examine your style of communicating, making decisions, and planning – and relate your style to work environments. Students may come by our Career Resource Center, 316 Hendrix Student Center to take this assessment during our office hours. Students must make an appointment with a counselor to view the results of their assessment.
TypeFocus (free)
Cost - Free This tool will assess your personality based on your preferences available via the Career Center website. The password and ID are available only to Clemson students. Your 4-letter personality preference can give you insight into: What career choices fit with my personality? How can I improve my chances for getting a job? How can I get along with people better? What are my learning style strengths? We encourage students to make an appointment with a counselor to review their TypeFocus results. Students can call the Career Resource Center at (864) 656-0440 to schedule an appointment with a career counselor.
Appointments and Drop-in Schedules
Cancellation and No-Show Policy for Scheduled Appointments:
If you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment, please do so through ClemsonJobLink at least 24 hours in advance. This allows our staff to offer your appointment time to another student, who is in need of our services. Missing or failure to cancel your appointment within 24 hours, more than once, will result in losing your appointment privileges for the semester; however, you may still utilize our drop-in services.
Fall Schedule:
Appointments:
Please log-in to your ClemsonJobLink account to schedule an in person or virtual appointment. Update your profile in ClemsonJobLink and click “Counseling” on the top right to schedule an individual in-person or virtual appointment with a counselor for questions or assistance. Appointments are available 10 am to 11:30 am and 1:30 pm to 4 pm Monday through Friday.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to us via email at cucareercenter@gmail.com if you have any questions or need assistance. It is our goal to always provide you with excellent services.
Mock Interviews:
Mock Interviews are conducted during our appointment hours listed above. If you need to schedule a mock interview, please click here to schedule a Mock Interview with a counselor. Please have your resume ready to upload. It is also helpful to include a job description from a job or similar job to which you would like to apply. Job descriptions should be typed or copied into a box on the request form. Requests must be made two weeks in advance.
Drop-in Counseling Hours:
Students may drop-in for quick, 15 minute one-on-one counseling sessions from 1:30 pm to 3:45 pm, Monday - Friday.
Virtual Drop-in Counseling Hours:
Students may request a quick, 15 minute one-on-one virtual counseling session on Monday afternoons from 1:30 pm to 3:45 pm by starting a chat session with a member of our staff. The on-call staff member will provide the Zoom link for the day through the chat wiindow. The chat feature is located to the bottom right of our home page. You can also email our staff at cucareercenter@gmail.com
Virtual Services:
We are here to assist you! Visit our virtual services page to see all of our virtual services.
INT 8010 CPT Advising: If you have an IS-130 form and need CPT approval from the career center, fill out this form and a CCPD adviser will contact you via email within two business days to provide your next steps. Questions about which INT course to take? Email Randa Johnson at mlabone@clemson.edu.
Co-op CPT Advising: Students enrolled in Co-op with a Co-op offer should call (864) 656-3150 to schedule a time for advising.
Office Hours
Monday - Friday, 8 am to 4:30 pm.
