WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
We have outlined how the quest for a good fit between yourself and your career may be facilitated by diagnosing both your career anchor, as well as the expectations of those who occupy the work roles you are (contemplating) undertaking. An inescapable conclusion from our decades of use of the career anchor categories and the job/role analysistoolisthatthe inner careers of people are different, even ifthey are in the same occupations and jobs. In addition, specific jobs viewed as role sets are often very different from each other, even when the job descriptions are identical. While itistempting to look for general concepts of what is a career, what is an occupation, and what is a job, we must instead remain aware of idiosyncratic differences among people and jobs, in order to effectively attract, motivate, and retain a highly talented workforce.