Career Anchors: Self Assessment [Paperback]

Edgar H. Schein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 21, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0787984280 | ISBN-13: 978-0787984281 | Edition: 3

Lead your employees, clients, or students on a career path to success with the new third edition of Career Anchors. This edition features:

• Three user-friendly products that have been thoroughly updated and redesigned.
• An integration of the Career Anchors Self-Assessment with job/role analysis in one participant package.
• A more complete Facilitator's Guide that includes job/role analysis.
• A new, 4-point rating scale (in the previous edition the scale was 6-point).
• Updated scoring instructions.

The Self-Assessment includes the 40-item Career Anchors self-assessment, a short description of the eight Career Anchors categories, and suggestions for next steps. Order your copy today.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Are you aware of the natural strengths and talents that you bring to work? What gets you up in the morning or causes you to go the extra mile on a project or initiative? What do you value most when it comes to your career?

Developed by Edgar Schein at MIT's Sloan School of Management, the Career Anchors Self-Assessment is designed to help you think through those tough questions. A "career anchor" is a combination of perceived areas of competence, motives, and values related to professional work choices. Completing the self-assessment and taking time to consider your answers will help you to determine your career anchor as well as gain better insight into your own career situation. That awareness will help you to understand what values are most important to you, making your future job decisions easier and more valid, and your future workplace happiness and success more assured.

The Career Anchors Self-Assessment includes a forty-item self survey and scoring instructions, a short description of the eight career anchor categories, and suggestions for next steps. This new edition is updated to reflect today's highly complex workplace. It is designed as a systematic way to explore past activities and future aspirations. It will help you recognize qualities that you might not have considered or have simply taken for granted.

About the Author

Edgar H. Schein is Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of numerous books, including Career Dynamics, Process Consultation Revisited, Organizational Culture and Leadership, and The Corporate Culture Survival Guide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Pfeiffer; 3 edition (April 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787984280
• ISBN-13: 978-0787984281
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,645 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Use to increase self awareness regarding career choices, October 28, 2007

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Donna Svei (Southern California & Sun Valley, ID) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Career Anchors: Self Assessment (Paperback)

I recommend Career Anchors to people who are trying to decide what they want to do next with their careers. It's also useful for managers who want to better understand their staff members.

Schein's theory is that there are eight primary values that drive career choice and satisfaction. The values are (1) technical/functional competence, (2) general managerial competence, (3) autonomy/independence, (4) security/stability, (5) entrepreneurial creativity, (6) service/dedication to a cause, (7) pure challenge, and (8) lifestyle. He thinks that one of those values, or anchors, dominates for each of us.

The book contains a quick, easy quiz to help you identify your anchor. It then provides a description of each anchor, the type of work you might enjoy, how you might want to be rewarded, how/why you might want to be promoted, and the type of recognition that you prefer.

I have had so many "aha" moments from this book about why I enjoy certain types of work, and don't enjoy other types of work, that I recommend it to career coaches and to anyone who is reflecting on their personal career choice.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Book review, July 8, 2007

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N. Vaidya - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Career Anchors: Self Assessment (Paperback)

Covers the essentials. Could have been more elaborate with providing guidance on application of the findings of the assessment. More case studies could have been useful.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff but way overpriced., March 7, 2008

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A.J. "action2003" (MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Career Anchors: Self Assessment (Paperback)

Material is great. However $15 for 24 pages, this is way overpriced. In this age, this material should be online and free. Opportunity for entrepreneurs out there.