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Career Value Assessment

Career values assessment helps identify priorities that influence role selection, work environment preference, and long-term career alignment. Understanding these values improves how career options are evaluated.

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Assessment Instructions

Select responses that best reflect your work preferences and priorities. The assessment groups responses to identify dominant career values and decision patterns.

Career Value Assessment

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Rate how important it is to you that your future career path matches each of the following values, where:
1 = Unimportant, 5 = Essential

1 = Unimportant | 5 = Essential
Help Society:
contribute to betterment of world
Help Others:
be involved with directly helping individuals or small groups
People Contact:
have day-to-day contact with clients or colleagues
Teamwork:
work in collaboration with others as part of a team
Friendships:
develop close personal relationships with people at work
1 = Unimportant | 5 = Essential
Congenial Atmosphere:
work with friendly colleagues
Competition:
engage in activities that test my abilities/achievements against others' abilities/achievements
Make Decisions:
have authority to decide courses of action, policies, etc.
Fast Pace:
work in a busy atmosphere with frequent deadlines
Supervision:
be directly responsible for work done by others
1 = Unimportant | 5 = Essential
Influence People:
be in a position to change attitudes or opinions of other people
Work Alone:
work on projects by myself, with little contact with others
Independence:
work with little direction from others
Intellectual Challenge:
perform work that is intellectually stimulating
Work on Frontiers of Knowledge:
engage in the pursuit of knowledge or generating new ideas
1 = Unimportant | 5 = Essential
Expert Status:
be acknowledged as an expert in a given field
Creativity:
originate and develop new ideas
Aesthetics:
appreciate the beauty of things and ideas that I work with
Predictability:
have job duties that are similar day-to-day
Variety:
have job duties that change frequently
1 = Unimportant | 5 = Essential
Job Security:
be assured of keeping my job and salary
Benefits Available:
have health, retirement, tuition reimbursements, etc.
Recognition:
be recognized or appreciated for the quality of my work
Risk Taking:
have work duties that involve trying new things, despite the chance that negative outcomes could result
Earning Potential:
have a salary which allows me to purchase essentials as well as some luxuries of life
1 = Unimportant | 5 = Essential
Location:
live in a place which is conducive to my lifestyle
Physically Challenging:
have a job that requires high physical demands
Not Physically Challenging:
have a job that does not require high physical demands
Flexible Schedule:
have some choice over the hours or days that I work
Status and Prestige:
work in a position or organization which carries respect with my friends, family or colleagues
1 = Unimportant | 5 = Essential
Professional Development:
have a job with opportunities for growth or promotions
Job Tranquility:
work in a low pressure environment
Work/Life Balance:
balance time spent at work and time spent doing other activities
Family Friendly:
have a job with policies supportive of families, including day care, flexible work schedules, etc.
Exercise Competence:
take advantage of my strongest talents and skills on a regular basis
1 = Unimportant | 5 = Essential
Learn New Things:
be challenged to learn new skills or knowledge on a regular basis
High Demand:
develop a desirable knowledge base or skill set to facilitate finding my next job

Results show your dominant career values and explain how these priorities influence role preference, work environment suitability, and career decision patterns. Understanding career values helps explain work preferences and decision patterns. These insights support clearer comparison of roles, environments, and career paths. Career values do not determine outcomes independently, but they improve how career decisions are evaluated over time.

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