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Work Values Inventory

values puzzle

YOUR IDEAL WORK ENVIRONMENT

You need to know both your Highest and your Lowest Work Values. Your highest work values tell you what to look for in a job, and your lowest work values will tell you what to avoid in a job. If you find a job that emphasizes your lowest work values, you will know that you will be at a disadvantage in that job, so you would avoid any jobs that have those work values as a dominant part of them.

When you have the two lists of your highest and lowest work values, use the descriptions in the table below to write out a description of Your Ideal Work Environment. Describe what you want and what you don't want in your work environment.

Going through this exercise is a great help in focusing yourself, so you are consciously aware of which types of jobs compliment your Work Values, and are therefore most suitable for you.

Instructions on How to Take This Inventory
(15 minutes)
  • Read the description of each Work Value and think about how important you consider each one to be, for yourself, on the job.
  • The scale below will help you in deciding level of importance.
  • When you are finished, circle those Work Values with your highest scores.
  • Also note your lowest work values. This tells you which types of work you should avoid.
  • Print-outs of all inventories and quizzes are available for a small donation in Career Manual 1. Click on the Donate Button.
Rank them on level of importance according to this scale
  1. Not Important - it doesn't enter the picture in looking at work
  2. Somewhat Important - nice to have, but could do without it
  3. Important - it is important, but other things can take priority over this
  4. Very Important - up there with your higher values but not your highest
  5. Highest Importance - you would not consider a job without this in it.

SCALE WORK VALUES INVENTORY
DESCRIPTION
SCORE
ACCOMPLISHMENT Work that gives me a feeling of achievement in doing a job well, and/or producing significant results -
BEAUTY Work where I'm dealing with beautiful things, appreciating or making beautiful things, and/or contributing beauty to the world -
BEING A TEAM PLAYER Work that is done as part of a team of people who work well together -
CONTROL Work which permits me to be in a decision-making capacity, responsible for planning and laying out work for others to do, in order to meet desired goals -
GENERAL
CREATIVITY
Work that allows me to develop new ideas, design new systems or products, to think 'outside the box'-
DIVERSITY Work that provides an opportunity to do different types of tasks, is not routine or repetitive, may have a wide range of duties -
ENVIRONMENT Work that is carried out under pleasant physical conditions, or in a location that I find desirable -
ETHICAL COMMITMENT Work that requires me to have a high degree of commitment to conforming to a predefined code of ethics -
EXCITEMENT Work that allows me to experience a high degree of emotional stimulation, and excitement during the performance of it. -
FINANCIAL GAIN Work that pays well and enables me to afford material rewards -
FLEXIBILITY Work that requires me to be highly adaptable to ever changing work requirements -
HELPING OTHERS Work that is involved in directly helping others: physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually -
INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION Work at which I'm acknowledged as an expert, recognized as having intellectual command of a body of knowledge -
KNOWLEDGE Work which challenges me to be always learning new things -
PHYSICAL CHALLENGE Work that makes physical demands on my body, requiring me to be in top shape, and active much of the time -
PRECISION Work that requires me to be very precise, accurate and careful about details, where there is no room for miscalculation -
POWER Work that allows you to play a significant role in deciding the progress and/or outcome of other people's lives -
PRESTIGE Work which gives me standing in the eyes of others, generates respect, being looked up to, because of my position on the job -
SECURITY Work that assures me of having a job even in difficult economic times -
SELF-DETERMINATION Work which permits opportunity for independent thinking, being able to work in my own way, as quickly or slowly as I decide is necessary, without direct supervision from others -
SOCIABILITY Work which brings me into contact with co-workers whom I like and through my work, I form lasting relationships with others -
WAY OF LIFE Work that gives me the time and freedom to live the lifestyle I choose, and does not take over my leisure time -
WORKING ALONE Work that permits me to spend a good deal of time by myself -
WORKING UNDER PRESSURE Work that forces me to be on the alert all the time, never knowing what will happen next, in unpredictable and possible life and death/emergency situations. -
INTEGRITY Work where it's important that I'm performing with honesty and decency, doing a good job, being fair in my dealings with others. -


My Highest Work Values

#1 ______________________

#2 ______________________

#3 ______________________

#4 ______________________

#5 ______________________



My Lowest Work Values

#1 ______________________

#2 ______________________

#3 ______________________

#4 ______________________

#5 ______________________


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