Career Anchors

Start your self-assessment by writing the classification that applies to your case in the blank space.
left of each item.

Inventory of career guidance

Never Occasionally Frequently Always

I dream of being so good at what I do, to such an extent that my specialized knowledge
____ 1.
be constantly sought.
I feel more fulfilled in my work when I am able to integrate and manage the
____ 2.
effort of others.
I dream of having a career that gives me the freedom to do the work my way.
3.
within the time I scheduled.
____ 4. Security and stability are more important to me than freedom and autonomy.
____ I am always looking for ideas that allow me to start my own business.
I feel good in my career only when I have the feeling of having done a
____ 6.
real contribution to the good of society.
I dream of a career where I can solve problems or succeed in situations.
____ 7.
extremely challenging.
I would rather leave my job than be placed in a position that compromises.
____ 8.
my ability to dedicate myself to personal and family matters.
I feel successful in my career only when I can develop my
9.
technical or functional skills at a very high level of competence.
____ I dream of leading a complex organization and making decisions that affect many people.
I feel more fulfilled in my work when I have total freedom to define my
11.
own tasks, schedules, and procedures.
I would rather leave my job than accept a task that could put me at risk.
____ 12.
my safety in the organization.
Starting my own business is more important to me than reaching a high position.
____ 13.
managerial as an employee.
I feel more fulfilled in my career when I can use my talents in service.
____ 14.
of the others.
I feel fulfilled in my career only when I confront and overcome challenges.
____ 15.
extremely difficult.
I dream of a career that allows me to integrate my personal needs,
____ 16.
family and work.

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 Becoming a technical manager in my area of expertise is more appealing to me.
____ 17.
about becoming a general manager.
I will feel successful in my career only when I become a general manager.
____ 18.
in some organization.
I will feel successful in my career only when I achieve complete autonomy and
____ 19.
freedom.
____ I seek jobs in organizations that provide me with a sense of security and stability.
I feel fulfilled in my career when I have the opportunity to build something
____ 21.
something that is the result solely of my own ideas and efforts.
Use my skills to make the world a better place to live.
____ Working is more important to me than achieving a high managerial position.
level.
I feel more fulfilled in my career when I solved unsolvable problems or
____ 23.
I overcame what apparently was impossible to overcome.
I feel successful in life only when I was able to balance my
____ 24.
personal, family, and career needs.
I would rather leave my job than accept a rotating task that keeps me away from
____ 25.
my area of expertise.
Becoming a general manager is more appealing to me than becoming a manager.
____ 26.
technician in my area of expertise.
For me, being able to do a job my own way, without rules and restrictions, is
____ 27.
more important than safety.
I feel more fulfilled in my work when I realize that I have total security.
____ 28.
financial and job stability
I feel successful in my work only when I can create or build something.
____ 29.
something that is entirely my own.
____ 30. I dream of having a career that makes a real contribution to humanity and society.
I am looking for job opportunities that strongly challenge my skills to
____ 31.
solve problems.
Balancing the demands of my personal and professional life is more important than
____ 32.
to reach a high managerial position.
I feel completely fulfilled in my work when I am able to utilize my
____ 33.
skills and special talents.
I would rather leave my organization than accept a job that would distance me from it.
____ 34.
trajectory of general management.
I would rather leave my organization than accept a job that reduces my
____ 35.
autonomy and freedom.
____ 36. I dream of having a career that gives me a sense of security and stability.
____ 37.I dream of starting and setting up my own business.
I would rather leave my organization than accept a task that harms my
____ 38.
ability to serve others.
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 Working on practically unsolvable problems is more important to me than
____ 39.
to reach a high-level management position.
I have always looked for job opportunities that minimized interference with
____ 40.
personal and family matters.

At this point, review your answers and locate all the items to which you gave the highest scores.
Select the THREE that you find to be the most true and add more to each of these items.
FOUR points. Now you can rate your questionnaire.

Instructions for classification

In the next section you will find blank spaces for each of the forty items, arranged in
a way for you to easily transfer the numbers from your score sheets to the sheet of
points. After transferring all the numbers, sum the columns and divide them by five (number of items)
to obtain your average points for each of the eight dimensions of career anchors. Don't forget
to add the four extra points for each of the three main items, before totaling and taking the
average of the points.

Score Sheet
The blank spaces below represent the items you have just classified. Transfer your
answers from the previous pages for the blanks. Do not forget to add the four
points for the three items that are most true for you. Add the numbers from each column and divide that total.
by the number of items in the column (five). The resulting average is your self-assessment of how true the
items on this scale are for you.

The explanations of the columns will be provided later.

TF GG AI SE CE SD DP EV
___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___ 5. ___ 6. ___ 7. ___ 8. ___

9. ___ 10. ___ 11. ___ 12. ___ 13. ___ 14. ___ 15. ___ 16. ___

17

25

33

Total
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

÷5 ÷5 ÷5 ÷5 ÷5 ÷5 ÷5 ÷5
Average

This instrument represents a classroom exercise, being used in the subject only as
subsidy, support; it is not advisable to make decisions based on it.