Self-understanding is the foundation on which you will build your future. So if you are unsure what you are passionate about or how to best describe your interests, personality, values, skills, and abilities, you've come to the right place!

1. Assess Yourself

Understanding your interests, personality, values, skills, and abilities will help you make informed choices at Lasell and beyond. Our self-assessment tools provide individualized career profiles that can be used to point you in the direction of career paths that would likely suit you best. 

Self-Assessment Tools

• Skills Assessment: This inventory is designed to help you determine skills and increase your marketability for employment. It can provide information on self-assessed skills and abilities that you can then use in communicating your skillset to potential employers.
• Values Clarification: Understanding values is central to making informed career decisions that align with your beliefs and needs. Use this assessment to clarify your values and preferences.
• Focus 2 Career: This self-paced online resource allows students to self-assess their life interests, personality, skills and values, and to explore careers and majors that are most compatible with your self-assessment results.

Designing Your Life & Career Course

Designing Your Life and Career, a Lasell undergraduate course, teaches design thinking methods so you can come up with solutions to the “wicked problem” of preparing for life during and after Lasell, including rapid prototyping to test out career interests and integrate ideation techniques to develop and implement solution possibilities for important life decisions such as deciding on a college major, creating professional connections, and making preliminary post-graduation plans. Enrolled students will also enhance their career management skills, learn salary negotiation, and develop their interviewing and networking skills, and more. 

2. Explore Career Paths

You now have a better understanding of yourself and possible majors. The next question: What can you do with these majors after graduating? Use these links to explore a variety of career paths. 

Career Exploration Tools

• Focus 2 Career
• O*Net Online 
• CareerOneStop 
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Lasell Library Career Research Guides
• Handshake

3. Connect

How can you decide if a major or career path is the right fit for you? Connect with professionals in the field, conduct informational interviews, and seek out job shadow opportunities. 

Not certain where to start? We are here to help. We can work with you to help you explore majors and career fields, search for internships and jobs, and apply to graduate or professional programs. Contact us via Starfish to make an appointment Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.