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STEM fields guide for teens — Fort Smith, AR–OK

STEM fields guide by personality and purpose — for teens

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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 guide for teens. A guide grounded in measurement instead of opinion: forty careers with the traits each runs on, what the work is worth to the world, the education path, and a way to find out which are yours. 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. Teens carry a working profile that is already visible in how they handle pressure, ambiguity, detail and people; the assessment reads it.

Careers the Fort Smith, AR–OK economy leans on

6 counties across Arkansas and Oklahoma; 3 metro. Economies: 2 manufacturing. Flags: 1 population loss.

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

Counties in this labor market

Crawford County, ARFranklin County, ARLogan County, ARScott County, ARSebastian County, ARSequoyah County, OK

Metros around Fort Smith, AR–OK

Dallas, TX12 countiesOklahoma City, OK13 countiesMemphis, TN–MS–AR9 countiesTulsa, OK8 countiesLittle Rock, AR7 countiesFayetteville–Springdale–Rogers, AR–MO4 countiesWichita Falls, TX8 countiesTexarkana, TX–AR8 countiesJonesboro, AR6 countiesHot Springs, AR8 countiesEnid, OK5 countiesArdmore, OK9 counties

All forty careers in Fort Smith, AR–OK → · STEM fields guide for teens everywhere →

Questions people ask

How is a "stem fields guide for teens" 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.