The purpose of this study was to investigate whether identity style is related to self-evaluation of university students regarding basic skills and abilities necessary for employment (basic skills for career development). First, the reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Identity Style Inventory were confirmed by using three measures. Secondly, a canonical correlation analysis examined whether three identity styles (informational, normative, and diffuse / avoidant) are related to self-evaluation measured by the four subscales of basic skills for career development: interpersonal, utilization of information, future planning, and decision-making scales. The results were as follows: (1) the informational style was positively and the diffuse / avoidant style was negatively related to interpersonal, utilization of information, future planning, and decision making skills. (2) The normative style did not have significant relationships to four of basic skills for career development. These results suggest that problem solving concerning the orientation of identity is consistently related to basic skills for career development.