FOCUS 2 Career
Not sure what to study in college? While no single assessment can determine your future, Focus 2 Career is a valuable tool that helps you better understand your interests, strengths, and values—making it easier to explore majors and career options with confidence.
FOCUS 2 Career is a FREE self-paced career and education planning tool available to students, alumni, prospective students, and community members. This resource helps you make decisions about future career goals and education plans. FOCUS 2 Career helps you identify your top work interests, values, skills, personality type, and leisure time interests. In addition, it helps you explore occupations and major areas of study compatible with your personal and career goals.
Getting Started with Focus 2
- Create an account
- First-time Users: Create a new account. Use the following ACCESS CODE when prompted: Wolves
- Returning Users: Log on (using the account you have already created)
- Explore Career Readiness
- Career and Educational Goals
- Academic Strengths
- Work Experience and Accomplishments
- Career Planning Status
- Personal Development Needs
- Complete the following self-assessments:
- Work Interest
- Values
- Personality
- Skills (optional)
- Leisure (optional)
- Research Any Career – Explore the Possibilities
- Search by Occupation
- Search by Industry
- What Can You Do with a Major In…
- Explore Occupations Associated with Any Major Area of Study
- Compare Two Occupations Side-by-Side
- Fill out the Decision-Making Matrix
- Career Exploration Decision-Making Matrix
- Schedule an appointment with Career Services for Undecided/Career Exploration
- Current Students Schedule an Appointment
- All others call 815-280-2756
The Career Readiness & Self-Assessment modules of FOCUS 2 can be completed in approximately 45 minutes. You can log in at any time to spend additional time researching over 1,000 occupations and viewing career videos.