THE COMPASS ASSESSMENT

Discover What You’re Naturally Good At Before You Decide What Comes Next.

You don't need to have your career figured out. The CliftonStrengths assessment helps you identify the natural talents you already possess, giving you a clearer starting point for exploring your future.

Start discovering your strengths and take the first step toward greater clarity.

YOUR FIRST STEP

Your roadmap at a glance

Your CliftonStrengths assessment is the starting point for the Project Compass journey.

01

DISCOVER

Identify your natural patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving and discover the strengths you already possess.

02

UNDERSTAND

Work with a certified Gallup Strengths Coach to understand your results and recognize how your strengths show up in your everyday life.

03

BUILD

Learn how to articulate your strengths, recognize your value, and understand what you bring to a team, workplace, or future career.

04

EXPLORE

Use your strengths as a lens for exploring careers, industries, majors, certifications, education, and training opportunities.

05

ACT

Move forward with greater clarity and confidence, using the resources, connections, and opportunities that align with the direction you've discovered.

The Framework

One journey. Five deliberate phases.

Each phase builds on the last... every step you take is the right one, in the right order.

1

Discovery

2

Understand

3

Build

4

Explore

5

Act

Step by Step

Inside each phase of the journey.

What actually happens together at every stage and what you walk away with.

What actually happens together at every stage and what you walk away with.

01

Phase 1

Discovery

Everything starts with understanding yourself. Complete the CliftonStrengths assessment to uncover the natural talents and patterns that make you uniquely you.

  • Identify your natural strengths and talents

  • Discover patterns in how you think, feel, and respond

02

Phase 2

Understand Your Strengths

Your assessment is only the beginning. A certified Gallup Strengths Coach helps you understand what your results mean and how your strengths already show up in your life.

  • Explore how your strengths appear in real life

  • Reframe perceived weaknesses as potential strengths

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Phase 3

Build Your Confidence

Knowing your strengths is powerful. Learning how to communicate and apply them is transformational. Build the confidence to recognize your value and articulate what you bring to the table.

  • Learn how to describe your strengths with confidence

  • Understand how your talents can create value in the workplace

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Phase 4

Explore Your Direction

Now that you understand yourself, you can start exploring what could be next. Use your strengths as a lens for discovering careers, education, training, and opportunities.

  • Explore career paths and industries that may fit your strengths

  • Identify education, training, and certification opportunities

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Phase 5

Choose Your Next Step

Clarity creates momentum. With a better understanding of yourself and your options, you can make more informed decisions and move toward a future with greater confidence.

  • Create a clearer path toward your next opportunity

  • Connect with resources, education, mentors, and opportunities

Let's Begin

Your Future Starts With Understanding Yourself.

You don't need to know exactly what you want to do next. Start by discovering the strengths you already have then use that insight to explore where they could take you.

Start your CliftonStrengths journey and take the first step toward greater clarity, confidence, and direction.