Introduction
Career
drivers are the individual forces within people, which shape individual
career decisions. This survey will help you clarify what you are looking
for from your working life.
Instructions
Below
are 36 pairs of statements about what you might want from your career.
You should evaluate the relative importance to you of each statement in
the pair and allocate 3 points, no more, no less. In other words one
statement could be given 3 points, the other 0, or one could be
allocated 1, the other 2.
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Statement 1
A. I will only be satisfied
with an unusually high standard of living.
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B. I wish to have a
considerable influence over other people.
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Statement 2
C. I only feel satisfied if the
output from my job has value in it.
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D. I want to be an expert in
the things that I do.
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Statement 3
E. I want to use my creative
abilities at work.
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F. It is especially important
to me that I work with people whom I like.
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Statement 4
G. I would obtain particular
satisfaction by being able to choose freely what I do.
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H. I want to make quite sure
that I will be financially secure.
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Statement 5
I. I enjoy feeling that people
look up to me.
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A. Not to put a fine point on
it, I want to be wealthy.
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Statement 6
B. I want a substantial
leadership role.
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C. I do that which is
meaningful to me, even though it may not bring financial
reward.
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Statement 7
D. I want to feel that I have
gained a hard won expertise.
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E. I want to create things that
people associate with me alone.
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Statement 8
F. I seek good social
relationships with other people in my work.
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G. I get satisfaction from
deciding how I spend my time.
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Statement 9
A. I will not be content unless
I have lots of material possessions.
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D. I want to demonstrate to my
own satisfaction that I really know my job.
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Statement 10
C. My work is part of my search
for meaning in life.
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E. I want the things I produce
to bear my name.
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Statement 11
A. I want to be able to afford
anything I want.
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H. A job with long term
security is really important to me.
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Statement 12
B. I seek a role which gives me
influence over others.
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D. I would enjoy being a
specialist in my field.
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Statement 13
C. It is important to me that
my work makes a positive contribution to the wider
community.
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F. Close relationships with
other people at work are important to me.
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Statement 14
E. I want my personal
creativity to be used in my job.
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G. I would prefer to be my own
master.
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Statement 15
F. I get special satisfaction
out of working closely with other people .
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H. I want to look ahead in my
life and know I will always be okay.
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Statement 16
A. I want to be able to spend
money easily.
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E. I want to be innovative in
my work.
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Statement 17
B. Frankly, I want to tell
others what to do.
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F. For me, being close to
others is really important.
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Statement 18
C. I look upon my career as
part of my search for greater meaning in life.
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G. I have found that I want to
take full responsibility for my own decisions.
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Statement 19
D. I would enjoy a reputation
as a real specialist.
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H. I would only feel relaxed if
I was in a secure career.
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Statement 20
A. I want all the symbols of
wealth.
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F. I want to get to know new
people through my work.
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Statement 21
B. I like to play roles that
give me control over how others perform.
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G. It is important that I
choose for myself the tasks that I undertake.
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Statement 22
C. I would devote myself to
work if I believed that the output was worthwhile.
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H. I would take grate comfort
from knowing where I will stand on retirement.
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Statement 23
F. Close relationships with
people at work would make it hard for me to make a change.
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I. Being recognised as part of
the ‘Establishment’ is important to me.
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Statement 24
B. I would enjoy being in
charge of people and resources.
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E. I want to create things that
no-one else has done before.
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Statement 25
C. At the end of the day, I do
what I believe in important, not that which simply promotes my
career.
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I. I seek public
recognition.
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Statement 26
E. I want to do something
distinctively different from others.
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H. I usually take the safe
option.
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Statement 27
B. I want others to look to me
for leadership.
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I. Social status is an
important motivator for me.
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Statement 28
A. A high standard of living
attracts me.
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G. I wish to avoid being
tightly controlled by a boss at work.
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Statement 29
E. I want what I produce to
have my name on them.
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I. I seek formal recognition by
others of my achievements.
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Statement 30
B. I prefer to be in
charge.
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H. I feel concerned when I can
not see a long way ahead in where I am at work.
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Statement 31
D. I want to be a person who
has valuable specialist knowledge.
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G. I would get satisfaction
from not having to answer to other people.
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Statement 32
G. I dislike being a cog in a
large wheel.
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I. It would give me
satisfaction to have a high status job.
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Statement 33
A. I am prepared to do more
things for material reward.
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C. I see work as a means of
enriching my personal development.
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Statement 34
I. I want to have a prestigious
position anywhere I work.
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H. A secure future attracts me
every time .
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Statement 35
F. When the people I work with
are my friends, nothing else matters.
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D. Being able to make expert
contributions gives me great satisfaction.
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Statement 36
I. I would enjoy that status
symbols that come with senior positions.
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D. I want to be very competent
in my specialism.
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CDS - Career Driver Survey
Your key career drivers are :-
Top three relative importance of your key
career drivers are:-
