Assessments - Get Started

Illinois workNet offers free assessments/evaluations within the website. The following are items that you can use to track and record evaluations for your customers.

Review this article about Illinois workNet Assessments

Customer Support Center Access

Use the Customer Support Center to view assessments and results. Provide customers feedback and guidance based upon those results. Use the following resources to get started with the Customer Support Center.

  • Access our Customer Support Center Guide - click here
  • Become a Partner (PDF)
  • User Account Management - you may receive access to use this tool if you are associated with a grant funded program (PDF)
  • Learn more about inviting a Customer to a Group (PDF)

Determine what to Assess

An assessment is a process to assist the customers in identifying :

  • strengths
  • employability and transferable skills
  • interests
  • work values​​​
  • personal priorities for employment

Assessment is part of the process leading to self-awareness and relies on the active participation of the customer. As part of this process, it is important for the customer to understand purpose and expected outcome of the assessment.

Before the assessment, explain the:

  • Purpose: Why should they complete the assessment?

  • Expectations: What do they have to do? How long will it take? 

  • Results: What do the results mean? How can I use the results?

Select Assessments

Illinois workNet offers assessments that can be used as part of the career development process.​​​​​​​  click one of the following items to view the various free assessments available online with Illinois workNet:

  • Assessment Options
  • Self-Accessed Assessments - can be completed without staff guidance. Users may have already completed one of these assessments prior to being enrolled in a program.
  • Staff Assisted Assessments - require assistance from an program staff person. Staff will initiate and direct use of these assessments..


    • Print instructions for more details and get started today!  Still have questions? Go to Partner FAQ.

Assessments Integrate with Customer Career Plans

Learn how these assessments integrate with a customer's Career Plan or the customer's My Dashboard. We recommend that each customer only have one account so that all assessment results are associated with the customer dashboard or career plan for easy access.

Use the results to provide feedback to help the customer gain and retain employment.