What is the best career orientation test online?

puts its correctly. You can't quantify what sort of a career a person would like based on a test or two. You have to figure out what you love to do, and ensure a way to commercialize that talent. has put up a fantastic post on https://abetterlife.quora.com/Finding-extraordinary-success-and-fulfilment. This Venn diagram on that post says it all All the best!

Wow.  Fascinating question and the first one I have ever been specifically  asked to answer. I think I agree with the other answerer (Gayle Laakmann  McDowell) The best online career orientation test is -> none of them The  reason that it is fascinating is that I have been coaching graduating  students in how to find a job for about ten years and the subject has  never come up. I wasn't even aware that there were such tests. They  certainly aren't famous for adding a lot of value. So your brother is just starting university and he has a lot of skills and options? Great!  I would suggest a few things for him. First, see if the university offers a Myers-Briggs assessment. If it is available (my son got one at the Naval Academy) he will learn a lot about himself and how he reacts to different sorts of environments and challenges. For example, introverts get drained of energy when talking with other people, Extroverts get charged up by talking with other people. Someone who tests as a polar introvert should probably not plan on a career as a family practice physician. Talk to a different patient every 8 minutes all day?  That would be torture for an introvert. The insidious thing is that the long slog to get through all the academic work would be an introvert's paradise - followed by a career that is an introvert's nightmare. Likewise, a polar extrovert should not plan on a career in tax accounting. We had a young lady over for lunch some years ago who had made this mistake. She was from Egypt and had put herself through college (the University of Texas 5-year master of public accounting program) working selling clothing at a local department store. When we talked to her she had a prestigious job at a top national accounting firm. She was locked in a room 60 hours a week staring at rows of numbers. She was miserable and desperately wanted to return to her job selling clothing in the department store. If the university does not offer Myers-Briggs assessments, he can purchase Please Understand Me by http://www.amazon.com/David-Keirsey/e/B000APGVP8/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1358655175&sr=1-1 and http://www.amazon.com/Marilyn-Bates/e/B000APA0OQ/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1358655175&sr=1-1 and get roughly the same information. The second thing he should do is figure out how to get out and talk with working professionals in any of the fields he is considering. Shadow them. Buy them cups of coffee. Ask for informational interviews. Use the family network to get introductions. Go listen. What do these guys REALLY do day-in and day-out? Usually the daily reality bears absolutely NO resemblance to Hollywood's version of the job. The last thing he might want to think about is excitement/glamor versus stability and work/life balance. Even within fields, sub-specialties can be quite different. For example civil engineering is really, really, stable. Projects take years or even decades. On the other hand engineering computer games is wildly unstable. Companies pop up, hire a big team, put out a computer game, and then disappear in a puff of smoke. Really dynamic and fun when you are young and single. Not so fun when you are a bit older and have a kids depending on you to fund their education.

As a recruiter in the IT business, I can vouch for the demand for skilled computer scientists.  I'm not sure any of the career tests are all that great for pointing you in a specific direction - what if the results come out with a career that he would hate?  Is he going to pursue it?  That would be unwise, in my opinion. So to add a little more to the answer...if your brother really loves computers, a focus in programming would be the best path, in my opinion.  Going down the hardware / infrastructure path is a less "in demand" skill set.  And in programming, learning to write mobile applications, either on the Android or iOS platform, is very, very hot right now.  And I cannot imagine mobile technology becoming less popular as time moves along.

The psychometry has evolved in a wonderful way in the recent few years. As a result, some of the education based companies and career guidance forums have integrated the science/technology with the decision making in case of careers. The tests are very effective, accurate and are typically designed by expert psychologists. you can take the test and see how they check your psychology. In india, similar tests have been designed by a career counseling firm MeraCareerGuide (http://www.meracareerguide.com) . You can take a psychometric test here : (http://www.meracareerguide.com/know-your-ideal-career) and discover the ideal career. It doesn't cost much and the return is worth for sure. Benefits: * Combines your interests, aptitude and skills. * Scientific approach to make a decision. * You also get expert advice on how to go about a  career. * Information about various career options.  Hope that was helpful.

I remember taking a Career Cruising test in high school, with those horrible bubble answers and really wonky results that meant NOTHING to me once I finally got them back. It made me want to be a career counsellor, which eventually led me to working at http://www.sokanu.com This is a career-matching platform designed to take the bias out of career decisions. It's a huge decision and we help people understand more about themselves so they can choose a path that resonates with them. We've been working on our test for 2 years, making sure it is the most valid and useful of it's kind. See if your brother wants to try this - it's totally free and takes about 30 minutes to complete. It will match him against all the careers in our database and then he can see which of those would be worth pursing. We've been partnering with Universities to get out tool in Counselors offices. Currently we are working with NYU, Sienna, UDel and quite a few more. Send me an email renee[at]sokanu[dot]com and I can hook you & him up with a beta version of our character report. This shows him a breakdown of the 186 traits we measure and where he fits. He can take the test here http://www.sokanu.com Hopefully he finds it helpful! I agree with everyone that your career choice does not end with a website, but we believe ours is a really good place to start. Good luck! :)