Career Motivation Profile

Use the Career Motivation Profile – 2nd Revision assessment to evaluate employee work place motivation.

Purpose

Career Motivation Profile – 2nd Revision  is designed to uncover what motivates your employees in order to create an environment where they can thrive.

What It’s Best Used For

This tool serves as an excellent diagnostic framework during pre-employment vetting, internal promotion assessments, or corporate team development audits.

• Tracking 23 Unique Triggers: It maps a candidate’s personal driving factors across 23 sub-scales, breaking down their specific desires for Achievement, Financial Reward, Independence, Workplace Stability, Structure & Order, and Recognition.
• Providing Targeted Interview Support: The platform generates an immediate score report featuring a visual breakdown of major vs. minor motivators alongside a customized bank of suggested interview questions to safely probe candidate alignment.
• Industry-Specific Benchmarking: Taker results can be compared directly against general population averages or specialized data metrics tailored across 26 distinct industries.
• Seamless Technical Compliance: Fully ATS compatible and entirely legal for use in Canada, this Class A assessment aligns strictly with basic APA and EEOC non-discrimination standards.

Application

• Pre-employment
• Personal and Professional development
• Motivational Tool

 Scales

• Achievement
• Structure and Order
• Balanced Lifestyle
• Change and Variety
• Creativity
• Financial Reward
• Identity and Purpose
• Altruism
• Contribution
• Independence
• Inspiration
• Responsibility
• Learning
• Mobility
• Power
• Recognition and Appreciation
• Social Factors
• Stability
• Status
• Fun and Enjoyment
• Customer Service
• Job-Hopping
• Active/High-pressure Work
• Environment

No. of questions: 102
Question type: Situational, self-report
Estimated completion time: 20 minutes
Shorter versions of assessment: N/A
Recommended age level: 18+
Qualification Level: Class A
Compliance: APA standards: EEOC standards (gender, disability)
Validation Information:
Sample Size: 1194
Cronbach’s Alpha range: 0.40 to 0.87

Features

Benchmarks: Available (general population and 26 industries)
Interview Questions: Available
Group Comparisons: Available
360 Version: Available

Career Motivation Profile Report Includes

• Summary
• Introduction
• Motivation Personality Type
• Graphs
• List of major, minor, and insignificant motivators
• Detailed narrative interpretation
• Practical advice tailored to each motivator

Factors and Scales

 23 scales/motivators, including:

• Achievement: Desire to reach goals and rise up to challenges.
• Structure & Order: Desire to work in an environment with an established system for performing tasks and duties, and a clearly structured hierarchy of command.
• Balanced Lifestyle: Desire to have the time to maintain both a personal and professional life.
• Change and Variety: Desire for a dynamic job environment where tasks and projects vary greatly.
• Creativity: Desire to take on unique projects and express one’s creativity in a professional setting.
• Financial Reward: Desire to be recompensed for one’s hard work through financial means.
• Identity and Purpose: Desire to take on a project or position that is in line with one’s values.
• Altruism: Desire to help make the world a better place.
• Contribution: Desire to make a name for oneself – to be a pioneer in a specific field.
• Independence: Desire for position that offers autonomy, decision-making power, and flexibility.
• Inspiration: Desire to move and motivate others through one’s work.
• Learning: Desire to gain new knowledge, skills and insight.
• Mobility: Desire to travel and experience new places through one’s work.
• Power: Desire for a position of authority/leadership.