Technology career match — Monroe, LA

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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.

Technology career match. A match is a number you can explain: the weighted gap between the traits a role runs on and the traits you scored. No hidden model, no letter code. Technology careers run on persistence through hours of troubleshooting, abstract thinking about invisible systems, and adaptability to tools that change every year.

Careers the Monroe, LA economy leans on

7 counties across Louisiana; 3 metro. Economies: 1 manufacturing and 1 government. Flags: 4 low employment, 4 persistent poverty and 4 housing stress.

Data Scientist+34%Information Security Analyst+29%Computer Network Architect+12%Statistician+8%Computer & Information Research Scientist+20%Software Developer+15%Computer Systems Analyst+9%Web Developer+7%Database Administrator+4%Database Architect+4%Computer Programmer-6%

Counties in this labor market

Bienville Parish, LA Caldwell Parish, LA Jackson Parish, LA Lincoln Parish, LA Morehouse Parish, LA Ouachita Parish, LA Union Parish, LA

Metros around Monroe, LA

New Orleans, LA11 counties Baton Rouge, LA9 counties Lafayette, LA7 counties Shreveport, LA9 counties Lake Charles, LA11 counties Houma, LA4 counties Alexandria, LA5 counties Tallulah, LA6 counties Natchez, MS–LA5 counties

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Questions people ask

How is a "technology career match" 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.