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It all Starts with You
The first step in trying to decide what path of study or careers would interest you is to learn more about yourself. Explore these resources on what it means to “Find your Spark” and try out a self-assessment to discover your strengths, personality type and what your interests can help you accomplish in life.
Finding Your Spark: Why Spark Matters
A spark is a metaphor for describing how you experience talents, interests, or strengths that make you feel really happy, energized, and passionate, and that give you real purpose, direction, or focus.
5 Rules to Follow as you Find your Spark by Simon Sinek
RULE #1:
Go After The Things You Want
RULE #2:
Take Accountability
RULE #3:
Take Care of Each Other
RULE #4:
Be the Last to Speak
RULE #5:
Be Humble and Grateful
Self-Assessments
Self-assessment tools are also a great way to learn more about yourself! You can learn more about your strengths and weaknesses (and how to build on them), your personality type, and what your interests can help you accomplish in life.
- DISK Personality Test – Free
- Personality Plus – Free
- Work Values Test – Free
- The Smalley Animal Personality Quiz – Free
- Myers Briggs Assessment – FEE*
- Strengthsfinder Assessment – FEE*
The Government of Canada Job Bank offers 3 career quizzes to help you discover what occupations and careers may be best for you.
The RBC Upskill tool helps you discover how the skills you have today open up a world of possibilities. You’ll get career recommendations that match your skills to the jobs of tomorrow.
Ontario School Counsellor’s Association (OSCA) has a handful of self-assessment tools for students to help them learn more about themselves and future career options.
Discover your “why” with START’s WIN Map: A self-assessment tool for you and that encourages exploration of individual wiring and interests, inspiring and connecting each of us to ourselves, to one another, and to the needs of our world while building social and emotional capacity.
16 Personalities. The 16 personality types were developed by Isabel Briggs Myers (this type of test is also known as the Myers-Briggs test). This personality test will provide you with a description of who you are and might explain why you do the things you do.
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