What do you value in your career?

Rate the importance of different aspects of work before you make your next step.  Complete and print out the worksheet to help you plan your career.

Challenge

You enjoy being stretched and given new problems to work on

Communication

You enjoy being able to express ideas well in writing or in speech

Creativity

Thinking up new ideas and ways of doing things is important to you

Expertise

You like being known as someone with special knowledge or skills

Freedom

You would like to have flexible work hours

Helping others

It’s important to you to help individuals or groups in your work

Helping society/community

You like your work to be worthwhile for the community

Independence

You like working your way without others telling you what to do

Learning

It is important for you to learn new things in the course of your work

Location

You want to work only in particular places and not in others

Money

Earning a large amount of money is important to you

Organisation

You would enjoy being a part of a well-known organisation

Peace

You prefer not to have pressure or uncomfortable demands at work

People contact

You enjoy having a lot of contact with people

Physical activity

You want to be physically active

Precision

You like working at things which involve care and concentration

Pressure

You like working to deadlines

Promotion

You like to work where there is good chance of promotion

Recognition

You want your work to be appreciated by others

Routine

You prefer regular tasks and work patterns

Security

You would prefer work which seems to offer job security

Status

You enjoy being in a position which leads people to respect you

Supervision

You enjoy being responsible for work done by others

Surroundings

You want to work in pleasant surroundings

Teamwork

You like to work in a team alongside others

Work alone

You like to work on your own

What do I want?

Look at the values above which you rated as Very Important or Fairly Important. Choose five and write them below, changing the ‘you’ in each statement to ‘I’. The first one has been done as an example.
Value 1

Statement 1

Value 2

Statement 2

Value 3

Statement 3

Value 4

Statement 4

Value 5

Statement 5