Science career explorer — Harrison, AR

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What the assessment measures

280 items in five modules — what you love to do, how you work, fifteen STEM working traits, thirty real situations, and where you want your work to land — matched against forty careers in eight families. Then a sixth module drafts your mission, vision and values in your own words. Progress saves as you go; it is free and complete today.

Science career explorer. Exploration without a map is wandering. The assessment gives you the map — trait profile, impact profile, top families, top careers, and the ordinary day of each. Science careers reward patience with proof that takes years, inquiry into how the world works, and meticulous records. Medicine adds empathy; earth science adds field practicality.

Careers the Harrison, AR economy leans on

3 counties across Arkansas; 0 metro. Economies: 1 manufacturing and 1 farming. Flags: 1 population loss.

Biochemist & Biophysicist+7%Chemist & Materials Scientist+6%Agricultural & Food Scientist+6%Geoscientist+5%Physicist+4%Astronomer+4%Environmental Scientist+4%Zoologist & Wildlife Biologist+2%Atmospheric Scientist & Meteorologist+1%Physician Assistant+20%Epidemiologist+16%Medical Scientist+9%Biomedical Engineer+6%Registered Nurse+5%Microbiologist+5%Physician & Surgeon+4%Clinical Laboratory Technologist+4%

Counties in this labor market

Boone County, AR Carroll County, AR Newton County, AR

Metros around Harrison, AR

Memphis, TN–MS–AR9 counties Little Rock, AR7 counties Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers, AR–MO4 counties Fort Smith, AR–OK6 counties Texarkana, TX–AR8 counties Jonesboro, AR6 counties Hot Springs, AR8 counties Pine Bluff, AR8 counties Helena-West Helena, AR7 counties Batesville, AR5 counties De Queen, AR5 counties El Dorado, AR4 counties

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Questions people ask

How is a "science career explorer" different from a personality type test?

A type test gives you a label. STEM Compass gives you a profile on fifteen working traits and eight kinds of impact, then a directional match against each career — a number you can explain, not a letter code.

Does it cost anything?

No. The full assessment is open at tienesesto.org/stem-assessment, and every result links to a STEM Farm track that starts from zero.

Sources. Career traits, education paths and value lines are the STEM Compass assessment library. Employment growth is U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2024–2034. County economic types are USDA Economic Research Service County Typology Codes (2025); labor markets are Census commuting zones (2020). Salary is not shown anywhere in this campaign on purpose: the assessment measures fit and what the work is worth to the world.