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STEM program guide — Marion–Herrin, 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 program guide. 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. A STEM program is a path to a career. Find the career that fits first, then the STEM Farm track that starts at zero and ends in that job with verified proof at every gate.

Careers the Marion–Herrin, IL economy leans on

9 counties across Illinois; 1 metro. Economies: 7 government and 1 manufacturing. Flags: 5 population loss, 3 low employment and 2 persistent poverty.

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%Industrial Engineer+11%Computer Systems Analyst+9%Mechanical Engineer+9%Mathematician+8%Web Developer+7%Mathematics Professor+7%Electrical Engineer+7%Aerospace Engineer+6%Marine Engineer & Naval Architect+6%Civil Engineer+5%Database Administrator+4%Database Architect+4%Environmental Engineer+4%Chemical Engineer+3%Computer Programmer-6%Physician Assistant+20%Epidemiologist+16%Medical Scientist+9%Biomedical Engineer+6%Registered Nurse+5%Microbiologist+5%Physician & Surgeon+4%Clinical Laboratory Technologist+4%Agricultural & Food Scientist+6%Geoscientist+5%Environmental Scientist+4%Zoologist & Wildlife Biologist+2%Atmospheric Scientist & Meteorologist+1%

Counties in this labor market

Alexander County, ILFranklin County, ILJackson County, ILJohnson County, ILPerry County, ILPulaski County, ILRandolph County, ILUnion County, ILWilliamson County, IL

Metros around Marion–Herrin, IL

Chicago, IL11 countiesSt. Louis, MO12 countiesDavenport, IA–IL7 countiesPeoria, IL8 countiesRockford, IL7 countiesEvansville, IN10 countiesChampaign, IL6 countiesLafayette, IN9 countiesSpringfield, IL10 countiesTerre Haute, IN8 countiesKankakee, IL2 countiesPaducah, KY–IL12 counties

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Questions people ask

How is a "stem program guide" 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.