Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form

Adapted from Evaluation of a Short Form of the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale
by Betz, Klein & Taylor, 1996.
Instructions: For each statement below, please read carefully and indicate how much
confidence you have that you could accomplish each of these tasks (as of NOW) by rating
each statement on a scale of 1 (No confidence at all) and 5 (Complete Confidence).
Scoring table is at the end of the document.
No Confidence at
all
Very little
Confidence
Moderate
Confidence
Much
Confidence
Complete
Confidence
1 2 3 4 5

______ 1. Find Information about occupations you are interested in
______ 2. Select one major from a list of potential majors you are considering
______ 3. Make a plan of your goals for the next five years
______
4. Determine the steps you take if you are having academic trouble with an aspect of
your chosen major
______ 5. Accurately assess your abilities
______ 6. Find out the employment trends for an occupation over the next 10 years
______
7. Select one occupation from a list of potential occupations you are considering
joining or switching
______ 8. Determine the steps you need to take to successfully complete your chosen major
______ 9. Persistently work at your major or career goal even when you get frustrated
______ 10. Determine what your ideal job would be
______ 11. Find out about the average yearly earnings of people in an occupation
______ 12. Choose a career that will fit your preferred life style
______ 13. Prepare a good resume
______ 14. Change majors if you do not like your first choice
______ 15. Decide what you value most in an occupation
______
16. Talk with a person already employed in a field you are interested in joining or
switching
______ 17. Make a career decision and then not worry whether it was wrong or right
______ 18. Identify employers, firms and institutions relevant to your career
possibilities/progression
______
19. Resist attempts of parents or friends to push you into a career or major you believe
is beyond your abilities
______ 20. Figure out what you are and are not ready to sacrifice to achieve your career goals
______
21. Find information about graduate or professional schools in-line with your career
goals
______ 22. Choose a major or career that will fit your interests
______ 23. Successfully manage the job interview process
______
24. Identify some reasonable major or career alternatives if you are unable to get your
first choice
______ 25. Define the type of lifestyle you would like to live

Scoring Table:
Fill in the rating given corresponding to each question in the table below.
Sum up the tally for each column accordingly.

Question
Number
Rating Question
Number
Rating Question
Number
Rating Question
Number
Rating Question
Number
Rating
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25
SUM
Occ Info
SUM
GoalSett
SUM
Planng
SUM
Prob Slv
SUM
Self App


Interpretation: 3.5 and above = Approach Behaviour
3.0 and Below = Avoidance Behaviour

Betz, N. & Klein, K. (1996). Relationships among measures of career self-efficacy, generalized self-efficacy, and global self-esteem. Journal
of Career Assessment, 4, 285-298.
Betz, N.E., Hammond, M., & Multon, K . (2005). Reliability and validity of response ontinua for the Career Decision Self-efficacy Scale.
Journal of Career Assessment, 13. 131-149.