Digital Tools To Help You Prepare For Your Career
What careers and industries can my degree lead to? What salary can I expect upon graduation? The data in Steppingblocks can help answer these questions.
Steppingblocks is an online career exploration platform. Students, faculty, and staff have access to a 20-question personality assessment, a career path explorer, an institutional outcomes explorer, and a tuition analyzer.
You can access Steppingblocks using your University of Alabama at Birmingham Single Sign-On (SSO) information by visiting https://uab.steppingblocks.com.
Ready to get started?
- Sign in with Your UAB BlazerID
- Personalize it: Build your profile & take a personality test.
- Update your interests: Select one or more interests to build your content feed & start browsing on your home page.
- Start Exploring: Visit Career Paths and enter targets; interact with tabs, tables, and charts; & save your searches for future use.
New To Steppingblocks?
Take a guided tour of the student platform!
Become a Steppingblocks Super User by watching a few short videos (create a website like this on the UAB Career Center website).
What is Steppingblocks?
Personality Assessment
Take a trait-based approach to career exploration with 20 easy questions.
- Explore majors and careers suited to your strengths
- Learn the science behind your motivations
- Discover hacks to dealing with emotional stress
- Download a 16-page personality report
Career Path Explorer
Drive the future with a data-driven game plan powered by millions of real professionals.
- Analyze career opportunities based on earning potential
- Leverage hiring trends from top employers
- Learn how much education you need to be competitive
Institutional Outcomes Explorer
Understand potential with relevant outcomes from the University of Alabama at Birmingham alums.
- Learn who employs graduates from UAB
- Narrow alum earnings by gender and degree
- Discover your skills gap and hiring potential
- Unlock industries hiring graduates from your program
Tuition Analyzer
Calculate payback periods and total college costs by major, state, and school.
- Interact with dynamic student loan term tools
- Analyze debt by future job title and potential earnings
- Learn the breakeven periods of your investment
- Understand the economic value of your college major
Resources for Students
- Interactive Platform Tour
- Short Training Videos (create a website like this for on the UAB Career Center website)
- Steppingblocks Help Center