Why Should You Take Assessment Tests? Taking assessment tests will help you in identifying:

1. Your Passions and Interests
Once you have identified your passions and interests it will be easier to make more informed decisions regarding what career path you should choose.

2. Your Strengths and Weaknesses
Some assessment tests are designed to help the quiz takers gain insight into how they operate. This information can help in determining the good traits as well as the bad traits you possess which in turn will help not just in your professional, but in your personal life as well.

3. Your Marketable Skills
Employers are interested in knowing what you can offer to them as an employee that will benefit the business or create some sort of a value for them. Being a college freshman with zero work experience, you may not be aware of what skills you possess that might attract the recruiters during campus placements. Taking skill assessment tests will help you gain insights into this aspect of yours. Once you know what you are good at, it becomes easier to convince the recruiters of your worth.

4. Your Values
There are certain assessment tests that are specifically designed for helping the quiz taker realize the values that hold the most importance to them. In other words, these tests help in defining what motivates you and what’s important to you. As values are a lot more personal to every individual, such tests may not as clear-cut as the ones designed for identifying passions and interests, but they do come in very handy when it comes to making career choices.

5. Your Ideal Profession
As fresh job seekers, you may also find yourself in a dilemma as to what career would be the perfect choice for you. Taking various assessment tests will reveal a number of professions that can be good options based on your personality traits, skills, values, passions, and interests.

As a fresher seeking employment, it is quite possible that you will find that there is a gap between what skills the industry wants in a candidate and what you can offer. Therefore, it is important that you are aware of your capabilities and work on your areas of improvement by taking assessment tests. It will help in applying for jobs that are best for you as well as prepare you for success.

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Next you will find external links to three different career assessments. While you only need to complete one assessment for today's assignment, we recommend doing all three!