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Occupational Future Time Perspective (OFTP)

Occupational Future Time Perspective (OFTP) Test

Understand whether you see your career future as open or limited in just 2 minutes. Ten quick items help HR and leaders boost engagement, shape growth paths, and support retention.

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How the Scales are Structured

example score

11/21

Focus on Limitations (FoL)

Measures the extent to which a person emphasizes obstacles and restrictions when thinking about their professional future.

Low limitations focus

Moderate limitations focus

High limitations focus

3 – 9: Low limitations focus | 10 – 15: Moderate limitations focus | 16 – 21: High limitations focus

A score of 11 falls in the moderate range, suggesting you sometimes notice constraints ahead but also recognize room for future opportunities.

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14/21

Focus on Opportunities (FoO)

Measures how strongly a person perceives their professional future as offering plans, goals, and opportunities for growth.

Limited opportunities focus

Balanced opportunities focus

Strong opportunities focus

3 – 9: Limited opportunities focus | 10 – 15: Balanced opportunities focus | 16 – 21: Strong opportunities focus

A score of 14 indicates a balanced, moderately positive focus on future professional opportunities, suggesting some room for long-term planning and growth while still noticing constraints.

example score

14/21

Remaining Time (RT)

Measures how open-ended versus limited a person perceives their remaining professional time and opportunities to be.

Limited time

Moderate time

Open-ended time

3 – 9: Limited time | 10 – 15: Moderate time | 16 – 21: Open-ended time

A score of 14 indicates a moderate sense of remaining professional time, balancing some long-term possibilities with awareness of constraints.

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They use it to gauge employees’ perceived career horizons and tailor retention, development, and retirement-planning support.

Mid-Career Professionals

34%OF USERS

They take it to understand whether they feel stuck or still see long-term growth options and how that affects motivation.

Managers and Team Leads

25%OF USERS

They take it to spot who feels time-limited at work and adjust autonomy, workload, and career conversations accordingly.

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Focusing on Limitations (FoL)

Average

8.4

Normal range

6.2 — 10.6

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Focusing on Opportunities (FoO)

Average

9.6

Normal range

6.2 — 13

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Remaining time (Rt)

Average

9.8

Normal range

7 — 12.6

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It measures how open or limited a person perceives their remaining time and opportunities in working life. It focuses on expectations for growth, planning, and future prospects at work.

How is the questionnaire completed?

Rate each statement based on how well it describes typical thoughts about work and the future. Use the response options provided and answer all items.

How long does it take and how many items are included?

Completion time is about 2 minutes. The questionnaire includes 10 statements.

What topics are covered by the statements?

Items address perceived time remaining in one’s career, future opportunities, and willingness to plan long term. They also reflect influences such as age-related expectations, health, education or experience, and autonomy at work.

How should the results be interpreted and used?

Scores indicate whether the professional future is perceived as broad and open-ended or as constrained and limited. Results may be used to inform discussions about motivation, engagement, career planning, and retirement-related decisions.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Occupational Future Time Perspective (OFTP) Test

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In occupational and organizational contexts, the Occupational Future Time Perspective (OFTP) is used to assess how individuals perceive their remaining time and opportunities in their work and career. It focuses on subjective expectations about whether one’s occupational future feels open-ended or constrained.

Developed by Laura L. Carstensen, it is a brief self-report measure consisting of 10 items and typically requires about 2 minutes to complete. Items ask respondents to rate statements reflecting perceived time horizons and future opportunities at work.

Scores from the Occupational Future Time Perspective (OFTP) can be used in research and applied assessment to examine associations with work motivation, engagement, career planning, and retirement-related expectations, while considering that responses may be influenced by personal and contextual factors.

Author: Laura L. Carstensen, philip-g-zimbardo

Literature: Zacher, H., & Frese, M. Remaining time and opportunities at work: Relationships between age, work characteristics, and occupational future time perspective. Psychology and Aging. 2009.

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