STEM fields compatibility test for extroverts — Dubuque, IA–IL

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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.

STEM fields compatibility test for extroverts. Compatibility is measured trait by trait: each career's score says which of your traits meet the role's demands and which the role would stretch. Eight STEM fields, eight trait signatures. The assessment scores you on all fifteen traits and shows which fields are already yours before you commit to a major or a program. Nursing, physician assistant, systems analysis, industrial engineering and epidemiology run on communication and collaboration; if people energize you, they surface.

Careers the Dubuque, IA–IL economy leans on

5 counties across Iowa and Illinois; 1 metro. Economies: 1 tourism and recreation and 1 manufacturing. Flags: 3 population loss.

Data Scientist+34%Information Security Analyst+29%Computer & Information Research Scientist+20%Software Developer+15%Computer Network Architect+12%Computer Systems Analyst+9%Statistician+8%Web Developer+7%Biochemist & Biophysicist+7%Chemist & Materials Scientist+6%Database Administrator+4%Database Architect+4%Physicist+4%Astronomer+4%Computer Programmer-6%Actuary+22%Operations Research Analyst+21%Physician Assistant+20%Epidemiologist+16%Industrial Engineer+11%Mechanical Engineer+9%Medical Scientist+9%Mathematician+8%Mathematics Professor+7%Electrical Engineer+7%Aerospace Engineer+6%Marine Engineer & Naval Architect+6%Biomedical Engineer+6%Agricultural & Food Scientist+6%Civil Engineer+5%Registered Nurse+5%Microbiologist+5%Geoscientist+5%Environmental Engineer+4%Physician & Surgeon+4%Clinical Laboratory Technologist+4%Environmental Scientist+4%Chemical Engineer+3%Zoologist & Wildlife Biologist+2%Atmospheric Scientist & Meteorologist+1%

Counties in this labor market

Clinton County, IA Delaware County, IA Dubuque County, IA Jackson County, IA Jo Daviess County, IL

Metros around Dubuque, IA–IL

Chicago, IL11 counties St. Louis, MO12 counties Omaha, NE–IA10 counties Des Moines, IA8 counties Davenport, IA–IL7 counties Peoria, IL8 counties Rockford, IL7 counties Cedar Rapids, IA9 counties Evansville, IN10 counties Champaign, IL6 counties Lafayette, IN9 counties Springfield, IL10 counties

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Questions people ask

How is a "stem fields compatibility test for extroverts" 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.