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How to Make a Career Option Weighted Factor Model
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Goal of this documentUse weighted criteria to identify which job/career options are the best match for your current priorities.
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Before you beginBefore comparing career options, it’s important to figure out what your options are. When building your list, we highly recommend:
- Doing some career reflection
- Reviewing 80,000 hours' evidence on how to find the right career for you
- Referencing considerations and advice prior to entering consulting (if relevant)
- Reviewing maximizing your impact during consulting (if relevant)
- Considering consulting exit opportunities (if relevant)
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How to use1. Make a new copy of this document to edit and keep.
2. In the yellow spaces below, fill in your personal goals, potential career options, and any criteria you’d like to use to compare them. Consider bringing in criteria related to the option’s impact and its personal fit for you.
3. On the “Factor Model Template” tab, define the scale for your criteria. What makes something a 1/5? A 5/5?
4. Still on that tab, add your career options to C7-C13. Your factors and weights will auto-populate based on the listed criteria.
5. Rate your options in the criteria columns on a 1-5 scale, then review the weighted results and rankings (columns R and S).
6. If the weighted list doesn’t feel right, consider tweaking the rankings, options, or criteria.
7. In column T, jot down any questions or additional thoughts that could be useful later. Take a bit of time to reflect on what you’ve discovered through the model and try to identify what your remaining uncertainties are.
8. This tool exists to support your thought process, so please adapt the structure wherever helpful!
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Goal-settingWhat do you want to achieve in your career move? This should help inform the options you'd like to explore, as well as the criteria you'd like to evaluate.
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Top Career Options to Evaluate (e.g., based on research, informal / formal offers)1CE -> working in high impact charity
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2For-profit entrepreneurship with good cause
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3Very short stint in consulting → High impact work (like CE)
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4Christian thinking on AI: Direct work in econ + transformative AI + global well being + ministry
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5Academia
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6Option 6
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Weightings
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Career option criteria1Impact (mission-related)50%
Placeholder value; update
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2Impact (poverty-related)0%
Placeholder value; update
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3Career capital30%
Placeholder value; update
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4Workload 0%
Placeholder value; update
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5Location0%
Placeholder value; update
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6Likelyhood of success20%
Placeholder value; update
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QC Correct: 100%
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