Developing Career Goals: Assess Values

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Assess Values

Determine which of your values—or personal attitudes that influence your decisions and actions—are important to you in terms of job satisfaction. Review the following and rank those most significant to you.

Helping others
Contributing to society
Interacting with the public
Working as part of a team
Working independently/autonomously
Supervising or managing others
Intellectual challenge
Recognition
Potential for advancement
Financial rewards
Professional status
Job security

You can use this ranked list to begin to identify jobs or career paths that will offer you the challenges and circumstances that you value most highly.

Develop Preliminary Goals

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