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Focus 2: Interactive Self Assessment Tool

The Northland College Career Center has joined forces with Career Dimensions to bring you a new online, self-guided, interactive program designed to help you select the right college major for you and plan your career based on your personal interests, values, skills, personality, and aspirations. Your access link for this program:

https://www.focuscareer2.com/portal/login.cfm?SID=830

Returning FOCUS-2 users log in here.

For first-time users, below is some information to help you get started:

1. To create a new user account, go to the "Career Resources" tab on the My Northland to obtain your FOCUS-2 access code. Next, decide on your own username and password for future use.
2. Be sure to remember your personal username and password as the Career Center will not have it.
3. We suggest you begin by working on the sections detailed below. You do not have to complete every section. Select the ones that best meet your needs. You can exit and return to the program at any time. Each section takes 10 to 15 minutes; the whole program takes about 2 hours to complete.
4. When finished, print your completed reports and/or portfolio. You can also make an appointment with the Career Center to further discuss your results at (715) 682-1230 or careers@northland.edu.

First and second year students:

FOCUS-2 can help you select majors and consolidate career goals. Work on as many sections as you can in both of the Career Readiness and Self Assessment categories. If you are trying to select your major, we highly recommend the ‘Academic Strengths' section, as well as the 5 sections in the Self Assessment category.

Upper class students & Alumni:

FOCUS-2 can help you plan your job and/or graduate school search. Start with the ‘Your Career Planning Status' in the Career Readiness category. If your scores are in the medium or low range, we highly recommend you complete the 5 sections in the Self Assessment category.

Click on the ‘Combine the Results of Multiple Assessments' to see how all of your results work together. This will generate a list of occupations related to your assessment results. Once you have an understanding of your interests, personality, skills, values & leisure interests, use the ‘Explore the Possibilities' section to research potential careers. This section provides information about each career, including educational background and salary information. You can also complete a side-by-side comparison of careers.  If you would like, you can consolidate all of your reports into a portfolio in the ‘Personal Portfolio' section. We recommend you do this step if you have completed most or all of the assessment sections. If you have only taken one or two sections, it may not be necessary.

Questions?
If you have any questions about FOCUS-2, please contact Patti in the Northland Career Center, PCC #229 at (715) 682-1230 or careers@northland.edu