self efficacy pre-post questionnaire

Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy Scale  –  Short  Short Form  Adapted from Evaluation of 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 1

Very little Confidence 2

Moderate Confidence 3

Much Confidence 4

 ______

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

Complete Confidence 5

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 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 comple complete te 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 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 li ve

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

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Self App

Rating

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-ef ficacy, 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.