Career Futures Inventory.

CFI / CFI-R

What it measures

Positive future-oriented career attitudes: Career Adaptability, Career Optimism, and Perceived Knowledge (of the world of work). The revised CFI-R adds dimensions such as negative career outlook and work/life balance.

Length and format

25 (original CFI); CFI-R = 28; short forms developed. 5-pt Likert agreement (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Several international adaptations of the CFI/CFI-R in career-adaptability research

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Rottinghaus, P.J., Day, S.X., & Borgen, F.H. (2005). The Career Futures Inventory: A measure of career-related adaptability and optimism. Journal of Career Assessment, 13(1), 3-24.