Get to know your students better, faster
Academic advisors, faculty, and career counselors trust Career Key’s career decision platform to get to know students’ needs quickly and help them connect their major and program choices to careers where they will thrive. By integrating career and academic advising, advisors increase retention and strengthen students’ well-being.
Our short assessments Career Decision Profile and Career Key Discovery deliver holistic insights and tailored advice to students and their advisors for more informed, confident decisions. They are based on over 30 years of published research and user experience studies.
From First Year to senior year, Career Key helps connect college to career.
73+% of freshmen want to
“get help selecting an educational plan to get a good job”
“talk about qualifications needed for certain occupations”
Ruffalo-Noel-Levitz | 2021 Freshman Motivation to Complete College Report
Offer short, self-guided major and career exploration
Career Key Discovery
10-minute Holland personality & interest online inventory
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With Career Key Discovery's unique exploration approach, students are morely likely to find lesser-known but promising options where they will thrive. This valid assessment includes a four-step decision-making guide.
Research shows a close Holland personality-interest fit predicts
- higher grades,
- persistence in a major, and
- higher on-time graduation rates.
Quickly identify student decision needs and optimize resources
Career Decision Profile
5-minute career readiness online inventory
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Measuring three dimensions of career decision status, the scientifically-valid Career Decision Profile identifies individual needs and barriers, estimates service levels, and recommends practical action steps to both student and advisor.
It can be used as a pre and post intervention measure.
Measure your ongoing program success
Use the Career Decision Profile pre/post intervention to measure impacts of your program.
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Measure impacts and student outcomes when you "sandwich" your program invention, including Career Key Discovery, between pre and post administrations of the Career Decision Profile. This implementation with both assessments takes a combined 20 minutes of student time to complete.
Case Studies - Career Key in Action
High School to Postsecondary Transitions
DOWNLOAD Kansas State University Case Study
Impact on First Generation College Students
DOWNLOAD Union County College Case Study
Career Key Alignment to Gear Up and TRIO
Watch & Discover
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Platform
Career Decision Profile
Career Key Discovery
Why College Major Fit Matters
Career Key CEO Juliet Jones and Founder Dr. Lawrence K. Jones
Tell us what you need, we’ll tell you how Career Key can help
For over 20 years, Career Key has been the trusted source of career resources for secondary schools and higher education institutions. We’d love to hear from you!