Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (CDSES-SF)
Question:
How much confidence do you have that you
could:
No confidence at
all
Very little
confidence
Moderate
confidence
Much
confidence
Complete
confidence
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5
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5
Make a plan of your goals for the
next five years.
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Determine the steps to take if you
4 are having academic trouble with
an aspect of your chosen major.
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5 Accurately assess your abilities
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Select one occupation from a list of
6 potential occupations you are
considering.
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5
Determine the steps you need to
7 take to successfully complete your
chosen major.
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Find information in the labrary
1 about occupations you are
interested in.
Select one major from a list of
2 potential majors you are
considering.
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Persistently work at your major or
8 career goal even when you get
frustrated.
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Determine what your ideal job
would be.
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5
Find out the employment trends for
10 an occupation over the next ten
years.
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Choose a career that will fit your
preferred lifestyle.
12 Prepare a good resume.
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Change majors if you did not like your
first choice.
Decide what you value most in an
occupation.
Find out about the average yearly
earnings of people in an occupation.
Make a career decision and then not
16 worry about whether it was right or
wrong.
17
Change occupations if you are not
satisfied with the one you enter.
Taylor,K.M.,& Betz, N.E. Applications of self-efficacy theory to the understanding and treatment of career indecision. Journal of Vocational Vehavior, 22, 63 - 81.
Figure out what you are and are not
18 ready to sacrifice to achieve your
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career goals.
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Talk with a person already employed
in the field you are interested in.
Choose a major or career that will fit
your inerests.
Identify employers, forms, institutions
relevant to your career possibilities.
Define the type of lifestyle you would
like to live.
Find information about graduate or
professional schools.
Successfully manage the job interview
process.
Identify some reasonable major or
25 career alternatives if you are unable to
get your first choice.
Taylor,K.M.,& Betz, N.E. Applications of self-efficacy theory to the understanding and treatment of career indecision. Journal of Vocational Vehavior, 22, 63 - 81.