Wichita Area Technical College (WATC) believes that every person should have the opportunity to find a satisfying career. The Career Services staff  can help you open the door to a successful career.

What is meant by a successful career? A successful career means you are productively employed in a job that you find enjoyable and one that is consistent with your career goals.

Consider these facts from The Conference Board:

• The largest decline in overall job satisfaction, from 60.9 percent to 49.2 percent, occurred among workers 35–44.
• 25 percent of employees are just “showing up to collect a paycheck.”
• Source: http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=2582

Many people waste years and money due to inappropriate career choices.  Before you waste any more of your precious time or money, ask yourself if you need to focus on career planning.

• Have you made career decisions in a careless or lazy manner?
• Have you made career decisions without much thought?

WATC Career Services staff can show you a better way to make career decisions — one based on a model of career planning that addresses self-assessment, career information, decision making and goal setting. Contact Laura Rae Barker, Main Campus, 316.677.9520, to learn more about how we can help you with career guidance.

How does the assessment process work?

Step One — Bring Us Your Career Questions
Go to the Main Campus and discuss the resources available to you through the Career Assessment Project. Determine which of the tests below will help you make career decisions.

Step Two — Go to the Business Office
Go to the Business Office, located on the Main Campus, to pay for fee-based assessments. Bring your receipt to the testing session for proof of payment.

Step Three — Complete the Assessment
Go to the WATC Library, Main Campus, or to Testing Services, Main Campus, and spend about a half an hour for each test answering a series of questions about your preferences and interests.

Step Four — Make an Appointment with Career Services
Call the WATC Main Campus at 316.677.9520 to make an appointment to review the results of your assessments.

Step Five — Keep Your Appointment
Come to the Main Campus, 301 S. Grove, for your appointment.

Step Six — Review Your Results
A student success specialist will provide a printout of your test results and will help you interpret the results as they relate to your individual preferences and interests.

            Career planning assessments used:
            For Fee Assessments   
            Myers Briggs Type Indicator — $18.00
            Strong Interest Inventory — $11.00

            Free Assessments
            Interest
            Career Focus 2000 Interest Inventory
            Career Key
           
            Skills
            Career Assessment Exercises
            Work Preference Inventory

            Personality
            Big Five Personality Test
            “Type Focus Personality Type Profile”

            Values 
            Soul-Survival: Career Values
            Work Preference Inventory