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STEM fields test for veterans — Safford, AZ

STEM fields test: pair your personality with your purpose — for veterans

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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 test for veterans. Most career tests stop at a type. This one measures fifteen STEM working traits and eight kinds of impact, then matches the whole profile to careers and to a path from zero. 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. Service builds composure, meticulousness and collaboration on hard deadlines — three of the fifteen traits measured. See which careers run on what you already have.

Careers the Safford, AZ economy leans on

6 counties across Arizona and New Mexico; 0 metro. Economies: 4 government, 3 mining and energy and 1 farming. Flags: 2 low employment, 2 population loss and 2 persistent poverty.

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

Counties in this labor market

Catron County, NMGraham County, AZGrant County, NMGreenlee County, AZHidalgo County, NMLuna County, NM

Metros around Safford, AZ

Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA7 countiesPhoenix–Mesa–Scottsdale, AZ3 countiesTucson, AZ3 countiesAlbuquerque, NM8 countiesEl Paso, TX–NM5 countiesPrescott–Prescott Valley, AZ3 countiesYuma, AZ–CA2 countiesFarmington, NM6 countiesClovis, NM8 countiesLas Vegas, NM6 countiesDumas, TX5 countiesGallup, NM4 counties

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Questions people ask

How is a "stem fields test for veterans" 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.