Values

For your work to be satisfying, it must be compatible with your values. For some, money, prestige, and status are what it takes for a job to be rewarding. Others must experience meaning or purpose in the work itself for a job to be satisfying. This exercise contains a list of work and personal values that may assist in your career planning decisions.

Part IWork Values
Rate each work value using the following scale:
1 = very important to have in my work
2 = somewhat important to have in my work
3 = unimportant to have in my work.

A. Work conditions may permit or require the following:
_1__Independence/Autonomy doing what you want to do without much direction from others.
_2__Time flexibility arranging your own hours, working according to your own time schedule.
_3__Change/Variety performing varying tasks in a number of different settings.
_3__Change/Risk performing new tasks that challenge the established order and may be initially resisted.
_2__Stability/Security working in a secure job that pays you reasonably well.
_2__Physical challenge performing dangerous tasks that challenge your physical capabilities.
_3__Physical demands performing physically strenuous but relatively safe activities.
_2__Mental challenge performing demanding tasks that challenge your intelligence and creativity.
_3__Pressure performing in a highly critical environment with constant deadlines.
_2__Precise work performing prescribed tasks that leave little room for error.
_2__Decision making making choices about what to do and how to do it.

B. Individuals work for the following purposes:
_2__To pursue truth/knowledge.
_2__To acquire expertise/authority.
_2__To use creativity/innovativeness.
_3__To foster aesthetic appreciation.
_2__To make social contributions.
_2__To acquire material gain.
_2__To seek recognition.
_2__To promote