Why EUREKA?...Because, we can assist you from start to finish with your job search. The first key component of the job search process is to assess your skills, preferences, and even your personality.

Seeking a career change or looking for a new job can be an exciting experience. So, why not take the time to make a strategic decision about something that will impact the rest of your life? Taking this time to assess your desires and interest as they relate to employment may be one of the best decisions you have ever made. To assist you in this self-discovery process, we offer the following tools:

True Colors: True Colors is a personality-based self-assessment tool that is fun, easy to use, yet extremely insightful. The assessment is based on your selecting keywords that are descriptive of your personality characteristics. The key words are age appropriate. The results gives you a four color profile and a list of occupations that are compatible with your color.

MicroSkills: MicroSkills enables you to view yourself from a transferable skills or talent perspective. Everyone has some natural abilities. So, even if you have never held a job, or gone to college, you have skills that are used on a day to day basis. MicroSkills helps you to discover what those skills are and how they can be used in the world or work. This on-line skills assessment has two options, a card sort and a questionnaire. You can save your sessions and come back at a later date to complete them. Skills results are motivational and informative. Through a mail in processing option, you may use your past jobs to determine which skills you may already have. email us to request information on mail-in processing.

Occupations Questionnaire: Your will experience a "reality check" when you use the EUREKA Occupations Questionnaire. There are 36 questions, which reflect what the labor market requires for a given job or career. Because the labor market is pretty conventional, there are combinations of desires that do not easily meet the realities of the world of work. A simple example, and one you can easily do with the Occupations Questionnaire, is if you expect to make $3,000 or more as a starting salary, but you only have a high school education. After using the Occupations Questionnaire, you will find that a "typical" job or career does not meet those characteristics. Therefore, your results may show zero occupations on your list. That's a "reality check"

The second component of the Job Search Process is Information Gathering. To assist you with this step, we have the following databases: Occupations: (If you are seeking information on a new career possibility, looking for a job now, or want to know about training for a particular career.) You will be able to search through hundreds of occupations, many of which you may have never heard of. Descriptions include information on 20 topics and links to related careers, training programs, and professional associations that provide information on given careers. There are over 800 major, and over 1,000 related occupations referenced; with a total of over 2500 titles. Descriptions are detailed, and clearly written. Sample Occupational Description - Animators

Job Search: This section of the site will be on-line during the fall of this year. It will include a detail overview of the job search process; topics cover interviewing techniques, researching the job market, information interviews, networking, and a comprehensive section on resumes, including resume templates.

CareerBuilder.com: Visit our job search partner, careerbuilder.com to look at job openings nationwide, all without ever leaving eureka.org

Other Databases: There are several other databases that may be of interest to you that are available on eureka.org they are:

EUREKA can help you.

• Identify skills
• Find your true color
• Research occupations
• Plan careers
• Find job openings
• Search for programs of study
• Search for scholarships
• Write resumes
• Create business plans
• Research various industries
  and much more.

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