Career Resources Questionnaire — Student Version

What it measures

• 01
  Occupational ExpertiseDegree of possessed occupation-specific knowledge and competencies.
• 02
  Job Market KnowledgeKnowledge about the job market and employment trends.
• 03
  Soft SkillsSkills and competencies relevant across a broad range of occupations.
• 04
  Organizational Career SupportCareer-development support from the current university or college.
• 05
  Job ChallengeExtent to which current studies allow you to utilize and develop valued skills.
• 06
  Social Career SupportCareer-related support received from other people.
• 07
  Career InvolvementAffective attachment to studies and the future working role.
• 08
  Career ConfidenceBelief in being capable of successfully developing one's career.
• 09
  Career ClarityClarity and self-determination of career goals.
• 10
  NetworkingBuilding, maintaining, and utilizing social contacts to promote career development.
• 11
  Career ExplorationExtent to which information about career options is collected.
• 12
  LearningExtent to which work-relevant knowledge and skills are enlarged and updated.

About the research

Hirschi, A., Nagy, N., Baumeler, F., Johnston, C. S., & Spurk, D. (2018). Assessing Key Predictors of Career Success: Development and Validation of the Career Resources Questionnaire. Journal of Career Assessment, 26(2), 338-358.

Notes on this implementation

Items and factor structure verified verbatim against Table 2 of Hirschi, Nagy, Baumeler, Johnston & Spurk (2018), Journal of Career Assessment, 26(2), 338-358. This is the STUDENT version — 38 items across 12 factors. The worker version (41 items, 13 factors, additional Career Opportunities subscale) is a separate scale and is not implemented here. Response scale: endpoint anchors 'not true at all' / 'completely true' are from the paper (Methods, p. 8); intermediate values 2-4 are intentionally unlabeled to match the published instrument. NO GRAND TOTAL: the one-factor model was empirically rejected (workers RMSEA = .104, CFI = .665), so do not compute a CRQ composite score. Report 12 factor scores only. No reverse-scored items. Reliability in student samples: Cronbach's α range .76-.93 across factors. Distributed via cresogo.com/CRQ — verify usage rights for public web tool.