Using Your Work Values to Explore Careers

Work values help in career exploration by identifying occupations that align with your preferences. Understanding yourself leads to more satisfying career choices.

If Achievement is your highest work value, look for jobs that let you use your best abilities. Look for work where you can see the results of your efforts. Explore jobs where you can get the feeling of accomplishment.

If Independence is your highest work value, look for jobs where you can do things on your own initiative. Explore work where you can make decisions on your own.

If Recognition is your highest work value, explore jobs with good possibilities for advancement. Look for work with prestige or with potential for leadership.

If Relationships is your highest work value, look for jobs where your co-workers are friendly. Look for work that lets you be of service to others. Explore jobs that do not make you do anything that goes against your sense of right and wrong.

If Support is your highest work value, look for jobs where the company stands behind its workers and where the workers are comfortable with management�s style of supervision. Explore work in companies with a reputation for competent, considerate, and fair management.

If Working Conditions is your highest work value, consider pay, job security, and good working conditions when looking at jobs. Look for work that suits your work style. Some people like to be busy all the time, or work alone, or have many different things to do. Explore jobs where you can take advantage of your particular work style.

This section explains that the Score Report contains six occupational lists, one for each work value. The occupations included in each list are those that will most likely reinforce or satisfy individuals with that particular work value.