CAREER EXPECTATIONS QUESTIONNAIRE
Completion Instructions
Your overall expectations for your future and what elements of work are most important to
you. Simply score the following statements from 1 to 4 alongside each preference. If you
strongly disagree with a statement – score 1, and if you strongly agree score 4.
Very Some Slight No
Important Importance importance importance
4 3 2 1
1 Promotion - 4 4 3 2 1
2 Control over how and when I 4 3 2 1
work.- 4
3 Being able to get a job done 4 3 2 1
well through managing the
efforts of others. - 4
4 Enough leisure time to travel, 4 3 2 1
relax and be myself. - 4
5 Being able to contribute new 4 3 2 1
ideas which will help build the
future. - 4
6 A balance between work and 4 3 2 1
other areas of my life. - 4
7 Leading a team on key 4 3 2 1
organisational projects. - 4
8 Opening up new business 4 3 2 1
directions through initiating
new ideas. - 4
9 Being part of an Organisation- 4 4 3 2 1
1
Very Some Slight No
Important Importance importance importance
4 3 2 1
10 Being given challenges which 4 3 2 1
stretch me intellectually. - 4
11 Being able to show that I 4 3 2 1
have more to offer than my
colleagues. – 4
12 Being able to identify closely 4 3 2 1
with an organisation. - 4
13 To be recognised for my 4 3 2 1
expertise. – 4
14 Being able to get the most 4 3 2 1
out of people in order to
achieve the set goal. – 4
15 Taking the risk of getting a 4 3 2 1
new business venture off
the ground. – 4
16 Being able to put work in its 4 3 2 1
place as an important, but
not the only part of my life. – 4
17 To have the status that comes 4 3 2 1
with being part of a successful
company. – 4
18 To be involved in assignments 4 3 2 1
which will take the organisation
forward. – 4
19 To be able to see that I am 4 3 2 1
doing better than those I am
in competition with. – 4
20 Knowing that I am respected 4 3 2 1
for the specialist skills that
I bring. – 4
Very Some Slight No
Important Importance importance importance
4 3 2 1
21 Being able to work when and 4 3 2 1
where I want so long as I can
deliver results. – 4
22 Knowing every year that I have 4 3 2 1
further developed my expertise.
4
23 Being able to make decisions 4 3 2 1
without being controlled by
organisational bureaucracy. – 4
24 The excitement of creating 4 3 2 1
something new whose success
depends on me. – 4