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CareerLeader™ is a Web-based assessment tool that asks questions about your interests, skills and values and recommends areas of business that fit with your responses. All first-year students are automatically registered for CareerLeader™. To access it:

1. Go to CareerLeader™ and click on "Sign In"
2. Enter your school email address (like jsmith13@gsb.columbia.edu)
3. Enter registration key: columbiagsb-heavy
4. If you get an error message, please contact the Career Management Center or Nadege Pacheco.  In some cases, the CMC will need to approve your access to CareerLeader which will happen with in 1-2 business days.

If your name is not instantly recognized, you will receive an email within 1-2 business days with further information on completing your CareerLeader self-assessment. Please contact Nadege Pacheco with any questions about accessing the instrument.

DO NOT use the CareerLeader 360 degree evaluation in your first year. Your Leadership Development course has a required Leadership Profile exercise; while not identical to the CareerLeader 360, the Leadership Profile will require you to obtain feedback from many of the same sources as the CareerLeader 360. So that you are properly focused on the requirement for your Leadership Development course, the CMC and CareerLeader strongly advise that you not use the CareerLeader 360 until after the completion of your Leadership Development course.

If you have questions about the CareerLeader self-assessment, please email our staff at CareerManagementCenter@gsb.columbia.edu. If you have questions about your Leadership Development course, please speak with your faculty member.

Students often wonder why CareerLeader™ recommends certain careers for them but not others. To find out:

1. In CareerLeader go to "Step 3 - Your Results"
2. Click on "Detailed Results"
3. Click on "Career Path Matches"

This will bring up a list of careers and your level of compatibility with each. Click on any career to look at the factors behind CareerLeader™'s recommendation.

Note: CareerLeader makes recommendations about potential career pathways based on compatibility of interests. You will need to ascertain the feasibility of pursuing these pathways by researching marketplace conditions and determining the fit with your skills and experience.