The Career Development Center has subscribed to TypeFocus, a career assessment evaluation tool. This program assesses personality type and generates three customized reports, which help people understand themselves better so they can choose more effective career strategies. Each user sets up his/her own username and password, which guarantees confidentiality.
- Start at http://careers.typefocus.com - click on the "New Users - Click to Register" link.
- Enter the UMD Password: umd334 (UMass Students Only). Contact Colleen M. Wetterland at 508-999-8659 or CWetterland@umassd.edu if you have any questions.
- Make up your own username and password. Hint: you need to complete ALL fields.
- Scroll to the bottom of that page and click "submit."
- Be sure to take note of your username and password; you will need them in a moment to login.
- You are now registered; click on - Click here to start.
- This is your Entry Page. Fill in the UMD Site Password, your username and your password. Then click the "Login" button.
- Enter your real name and gender. Gender is needed to score the questionnaire correctly. Click on "Continue."
- Next, complete the questionnaire; you will have to answer ALL questions. When finished, click on the "Submit Your Questionnaire" button.
- You will be asked to confirm your four personality type factors. The program always starts with the Extraversion/Introversion factor. If you agree with the description, click on "YES." The program will then accept it as confirmed and will then display the next factor, asking you to confirm it.
- If you do not agree with a description, click on "NO." The program will then ask if the opposite result describes you better. If you click on "YES," it will accept that as your confirmed type and go on to the next factor. If you click on "NO" again, the program will again present the first factor for you to consider.
- It will not move on until you confirm each of the four factors with a "YES" response.
- If you click on the "I'm not sure button," it will present both factors in two columns and ask you to pick one at the bottom of the page.
- When you have finished confirming all four personality factors, you will be congratulated on confirming your type; you can then enter the program.
- When you enter the program, you will find three reports that offer valuable direction to your career search: Discover Your Strengths, Finding Your Way and Getting the Job.
- You can print the Discover Your Strengths and Getting the Job reports immediately using your browser's print button.
- The Finding Your Way report is interactive; you will create it as you go through it. If you save your work as you go, you'll create a permanent file for yourself that you can return to again and again. You can print it at anytime using your browser's print button.
- When you leave the program, make sure you use the "Logout" button on the top right.
- When you return to the program, enter at the "Returning Users - click to login" button. This will bring you to the Entry Page. Fill in the UMD site password, your username and your password and then click on the "Login" button.
