Skillscan Online

Find tools and resources to help you assess your career interests and qualifications.

Self-assessment in your work life is fundamental to career planning and professional development.

Online Transferrable Skills Assessment for Staff 

SkillScan Online — an interactive and engaging process for identifying transferable skills and applying the results to career planning, career change, professional development, and self-marketing for the job search. With SkillScan Online, you can:

• Identify and group your skill competencies
• Assess your qualifications
• Find helpful information in career decision-making, self-promotion, and further skill development
• Discover complementary interactive assessment tools that focus on other important work−related characteristics, such as interests, values, and temperament.

Versions

• Express is designed to be taken on mobile devices, this skills assessment gets at the heart of your strengths in as little as 10 minutes.
  
  • Get information on skills you've targeted for development, your top career matches, and links to related careers listed in O*NET OnLine.
  • Time: 10 minutes.
  • Requirements: Works on iOS and Android tablets, smart phones, and PC’s. Microsoft Windows mobile devices are not currently supported.
• Drive: You will experience an engaging assessment and gain a comprehensive, detailed and full-color report of your greatest strengths.
  • The report includes Career Guides with potential career options for exploration with links to useful resources, and a portrait of your “motivated” skills with suggestions for development and the language you need to sell yourself in the job search.
  • Time:15 minutes.
  • Requirements: Works best on PC's.

Additional Resources for Employees

Career Connection Career Development Workshops (login required, search "Career Connection" and select the Calendar view) — A great opportunity to work with instructors and other UC San Diego employees in the following areas:

• Career Planning
• Assessing Your Transferable Skills
• Personalizing Your Career Path
• Setting Mid Career Goals

Mentorship — A program that matches seasoned career employees with Career Connection participants to:

• Help assess interests and qualifications
• Develop a career development plan delineating career objectives and professional goals

Career Counseling and Planning — Individual career consultation services:

• Professional Recruitment and Community Outreach
• Talent Acquisition & Outreach Services

Assessment and Planning Worksheet (PDF)