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Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS) Test

See how ready you are to handle career change and build your path in just 5 minutes. Get clear strengths and growth areas to guide practical next steps for support and development.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

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17/30

Confidence (C)

Confidence measures how strongly a person believes they can make informed career decisions, pursue goals effectively, and cope with stressful career-related situations.

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Moderate

High

6 – 16: Low | 17 – 25: Moderate | 26 – 30: High

A score of 17 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a generally adequate sense of career-related self-efficacy with room to strengthen confidence in decision-making and coping under pressure.

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20/30

Curiosity (C)

Curiosity reflects how actively a person explores career options by seeking and using information about the professional world.

Low

Moderate

High

6 – 16: Low | 17 – 26: Moderate | 27 – 30: High

A score of 20 indicates a moderate level of curiosity, suggesting a fairly consistent tendency to look for and consider information about possible career paths, with room to explore more broadly and systematically.

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17/30

Control (C)

Control reflects how ready a teenager is to take responsibility for planning and managing their professional development.

Low

Moderate

High

6 – 17: Low | 18 – 26: Moderate | 27 – 30: High

A score of 17 suggests a lower level of control, meaning responsibility for career planning and follow-through may be taken inconsistently and benefit from clearer goals and structure.

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14/30

Concern (C)

Interest reflects how strongly a person is oriented toward their future career and actively prepares for it.

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Moderate

High

6 – 15: Low | 16 – 26: Moderate | 27 – 30: High

A score of 14 falls in the Low range, suggesting limited current focus on career planning and preparation compared with higher scores.

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62/120

Career Adaptability (CA)

Measures readiness to cope flexibly with expected and unexpected career-development challenges and changes.

Lower adaptability

Moderate adaptability

High adaptability

24 – 69: Lower adaptability | 70 – 101: Moderate adaptability | 102 – 120: High adaptability

A score of 62 falls in the Lower adaptability range, suggesting career-change readiness and coping resources are less developed compared with higher-scoring peers.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Choosing a study path

41%OF USERS

Teenagers who are deciding where to study next and want to see how ready they are to adapt to changing career options.

Stressed about the future

34%OF USERS

Students who feel anxious or unsure about their professional future and want clear strengths and growth areas for career readiness.

Trying first work experiences

25%OF USERS

Teens starting part-time jobs, internships, or volunteering who want to understand how they handle new tasks, feedback, and learning.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Confidence (C)

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15.4 — 22.6

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Curiosity (C)

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20.5

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16.6 — 24.4

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Control (C)

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21.6

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18.2 — 25

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Interest (I)

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16.8

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13 — 20.6

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Career Adaptability (CA)

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39.4 — 64.6

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120

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

Different people draw on different aspects of their personality to build a career. It is not possible to be perfect in every area. Each of us has certain resources that we rely on more often than others. After reading each statement, select the response that best reflects the extent to which it describes you in relation to your career.

- Strongest
- Very strong
- Strong
- Moderate
- Least
- Strongest
- Very strong
- Strong
- Moderate
- Least
- To the greatest extent
- To a very great extent
- To a great extent
- To a moderate extent
- To the least extent

These are 3 of the 24 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS) Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This measure is designed to assess career adaptability resources relevant to navigating career-related tasks, transitions, and changing work demands. The Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS) is commonly used to support career counseling and vocational guidance, including with adolescents and emerging adults.

The instrument uses 24 items and typically takes about 5 minutes to complete. Items sample self-perceived capacities and attitudes associated with adapting to career development demands, yielding scores that can help identify relative strengths and areas for further development.

Originally developed by Mark L. Savickas and Erik J. Porfeli, the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS) is intended to be interpreted in conjunction with other clinical, educational, and contextual information rather than as a stand-alone basis for high-stakes decisions.

Author: Erik J. Porfeli, Mark L. Savickas

Literature: Savickas, M. L., & Porfeli, E. J. Career adapt-abilities scale: Construction, reliability, and measurement equivalence across 13 countries. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 2012.