Focus 2 Career Assessment
You can think of a career assessment as a way to jumpstart your brainstorming. It won’t match you to a specific job or tell you who you should be; instead, it can give you a fresh set of ideas to explore. It’s not about finding a perfect fit – it’s about learning more about yourself so you can make informed choices.
The Career Exploration Center offers the Focus 2 assessment free to all UW–Madison undergraduates. With this online tool, you can:
- Self-assess: Explore your work interests, personality, values, and skills.
- Build career readiness: Evaluate your career readiness and identify ways to develop the competencies employers value.
- Explore your options: Check out majors and occupations based on your interests and strengths.
To access Focus 2:
- First-time users: Create a new account. Use access code: uwm
- Returning users: Log on using the account you have already created.
After you use Focus 2, we encourage you to meet with a CEC career advisor to review your results and discuss next steps. You can also review additional resources on our Explore Majors and Explore Careers pages.
Next Steps
The Focus 2 assessment can provide a starting point for major and career exploration. To take your exploration further, we encourage you to:

Meet with a career advisor
Current UW–Madison undergraduates can meet with a CEC career advisor year-round for in-person or remote appointments.

Explore majors & certificates
Check out majors and occupations based on your interests and strengths. UW–Madison has more than 150 majors to choose from!

Explore careers
Use the Career Exploration Hub to explore career information from across campus and discover paths you haven’t considered yet.