Careers
Self Evaluation
Values
The following is a list of employment-related values. Read through the list and select the THREE top values that must be in place for you to consider a job. Next, select three values that you would like to have in place in your next job, but that are negotiable. In doing this exercise, disregard the jobs you may have pictured yourself doing and choose the values based on what you know about yourself, your needs, and the importance of particular aspects of work to your happiness.
| Values | My three top choices | My three secondary choices |
|---|---|---|
| Advancement opportunities: to grow and learn; take on increasing responsibilities | ||
| Autonomy/independence: the chance to work on projects alone and with my own discretion | ||
| Challenge: work that is not routine and keeps me on my toes | ||
| Creativity: work that allows me the freedom to think about alternatives and the possibility to implement some of my own ideas | ||
| Clearly defined responsibilities: a workload and expectations that are clearly articulated and understood by me and my supervisor | ||
| Decision-making authority: the ability to become an authority on a topic area within my work | ||
| Developing professional expertise: the ability to become an authority on a topic area within my work | ||
| Diversity of tasks: to be involved in a variety of different projects | ||
| Fringe benefits: excellent health, dental, vacation time, tax-deferrable options, etc. available to me as an employee | ||
| Fame/notoriety: to have people recognize my name as an authority on something | ||
| Flexibility of schedule: to have the ability to shape my own schedule | ||
| Geographic location: where I work is an easy commute and short distance from where I live | ||
| Good supervision: a supervisor who is accessible, clear, constructive w/ feedback, supportive, etc. | ||
| Intellectual stimulation: work that challenges my intelligence | ||
| Interdisciplinary setting: to work with people from several different professions | ||
| Job security: not having to worry about the funding of my position or the importance of my work to the institution | ||
| Knowledgeable/ expert co-workers: to be surrounded by co-workers who are intelligent and who have a great deal of knowledge about the work we have in common | ||
| Lack of stress: a relaxed atmosphere w/out a lot of pressure from deadlines and/or heavy workload | ||
| Leadership responsibilities: the chance to take charge of projects and/or facilitate a process | ||
| Power: the ability to create change and see that things work the way I want them to | ||
| Respect: feeling that my co-workers, constituents, and superiors admire and express their respect for me and my work | ||
| Salary: to make a wage I feel is consistent with the quality of work that I do | ||
| Social justice/creating change: feeling like my work makes a difference | ||
| Support: co-workers who are understanding and support me in my goals, approach to my work, etc. | ||
| Seeing things through: being able to complete tasks from beginning to end | ||
| Team work: being the member of a team that works together to address a common goal | ||
| Other: | ||
| Other: |
