Take the STEM Compass assessmentSee the STEM Farm tracks
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 occupation explorer for parents. 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. Forty STEM occupations with BLS 2024–34 growth, the traits each runs on, an ordinary day, and the path in — matched to your profile instead of listed alphabetically. Written so a parent can read forty careers in one sitting and have a real conversation about fit instead of prestige.
Careers the Springfield, MO economy leans on
11 counties across Missouri; 5 metro. Economies: 3 tourism and recreation, 2 farming and 1 manufacturing. Flags: 3 a retirement destination, 2 housing stress and 1 population loss.
Counties in this labor market
Metros around Springfield, MO
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Questions people ask
How is a "stem occupation explorer for parents" 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.