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From selecting an education track to switching careers, we are wired to pursue work that resonates with who we are and our unique interests. Understanding our behavioral traits is foundational to select a career that capitalizes on our strengths and aligns with our fundamental perceptions. Our highly actionable personality insights empower individuals to navigate towards a professional role that connects with their interests, passions, and personality for sustained career satisfaction.

With over 80% of the global workforce not actively engaged, workers may find themselves dissatisfied, such as:

Unclear on preferred work environment

Not confident during the interview process

Burnout due to lack of purpose

Unaware of passions or interests

Inability to align personal strengths with career

Dissatisfaction with job role

The Birkman Method Drastically Helps You:

Gain impactful interview tips based on your personality
Reveal your performance motivators and leverage them at work
Use data to plan career direction by aligning your natural strengths and interests to 22 job families and over 150 job functions

Understand what communications and behaviors drive your best performance
Highlight your differentiators to demonstrate value to employers
Capitalize on your natural strengths and identify the areas to work on to maximize success

Top Career Solutions

careertyping

We believe matching your passion for your career is important. If you recently graduated college, are facing your first career, or just need a change, we recommend this solution. Leverage our data-driven methodology to determine which careers you will find most fulfilling by receiving:

A ranked list of 22 career industries based on how well they match your personality
Your expectations and preferences you have for the people you work with and the environment you work best in
Access to The Department of Labor’s O*Net, the nation’s primary source of occupational and salary information
Customized interview techniques from our interview guide to help you bring your best to the interview

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Birkman Basics Report

If you’re a professional searching for a new career path, want to learn more about yourself, or an organization looking to work with personality data this is your solution. Birkman Basics is easy to interpret your personality, providing insight into your blind spots, motivators, and career data to help you grow in your career. With this report, you’ll be able to:

Build your personal awareness of the strengths, motivators, and working environments that will help you succeed
Seek out roles that incorporate activities aligned with your interests and gain awareness of how your interests impact career satisfaction
Understand the expectations and preferences you have for the people you work with and the environment you work in
Gain insight into the frustrated, unproductive behaviors that can play out when your Needs are unmet

Learn more about Birkman Basics for my organization
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The Benefits of Birkman for Career Exploration

Use Your Competitive Advantage

Capitalize on your natural strengths to accelerate career success
Discover your performance motivators and leverage them in job functions
Highlight your differentiators to demonstrate value to the organization

Learn How to Thrive

Get a Roadmap for Success

Find out how Birkman helps you navigate toward a fulfilling career for you. Take the next step!

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What resources does Birkman provide to help me find the right career fit?

A: In addition to providing career matches with our work personality test, we provide links to O*Net in our reports so that you can explore the salary, demand, education, and skills associated with roles that you are considering. Birkman reports also provide a wealth of Insights reports that can assist with your job search and interviewing skills.

Q: How are you able to make recommendations for career matches?

A: Our recommendations for career matches aren’t just based on your interest in the role, they are also based off of how similar your entire behavioral and perceptual profile matches to others that are tenured and successful in the role. Our career assessment data indicates whether you will like the job function, if your natural style complements the role, and if you will take a unique approach to succeeding at the job function.

Q: How is Birkman different from other career assessments?

A: Along with career information from the employment personality test, Birkman also provides key reports that help you develop self-awareness as you approach a new role including what strengths you bring to the job and what you need from others to be as successful as possible. These insights give you a leg up to perform at your best.

Q: How can organizations benefit from career exploration data for employees?

A: Organizations that prioritize employee retention can leverage our career data to provide opportunities for development that reduce turnover and hiring expenses. Career exploration data can help your team coach employees in their career path within the organization, especially younger staff or those considering a mid-career change.

How Individuals Use Birkman for Long Term Success

"I've helped more than 3,300 high school students and young adults navigate their post-high school path using Birkman. By uncovering their own unique wiring, I show them how to translate those strengths and passions into a fulfilling career as we work through their college counseling. Teenagers have notoriously short attention spans, and Birkman's Interests, which measure passion for different roles and tasks, is just long enough to produce the data I need to guide them. Birkman is an essential tool that supports the success of my business."

Lisa Marker-Robbins - Founder/CEO/Chief Inspiration Officer
Flourish Coaching

“After I took my Birkman, I realized the things that I'm really most passionate about.”

Janice Hale-Harris - Senior Organizational Change Manager
Waste Management

“I was going through a time in life when I was asking myself, “what do I really do best...””

Jonathan Michael
Foresight Leadership Solutions

"I am a Birkman fan. As a Master Certified Professional, I’ve administered The Birkman Method to more than a thousand people and trained about 1500 others to 'work the Birkman.' It’s more powerful than the other tools I've encountered out there, with more robust validity. I use it when teaching my ‘Career by Design’ through UCLA’s business school and when I'm teaching Inclusive Leadership programs to a range of clients. Each person's Birkman report provides non-judgmental language that helps people hone in on their strengths while becoming more aware of their biases and expectations."

Robin Denise Johnson, Ph.D. - Faculty Director of Executive Education and DEI Consultant
UCLA Anderson School of Management

“He’s finally found something he likes to do and he will be quite good at it.”

Sharon Dean
Dean Summit Consulting, LLC

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