Your Work-Related Values

Your personal values play an important part in your job search and eventual job choice. Reviewing your work-related values now and throughout your search can help you make the best decisions.

Below is a list of many common work-related values. Read the definitions of these values and identify the five that are most important for you. There may be others that you feel are not represented by these categories but this is a good place to start.

• Expert Status - Be regarded as an intellectual person or an acknowledged expert.

• Help Others - Help others in a direct or indirect way.

• Work Alone - Work alone, without much contact with others.

• Make Decisions - Have the power to make final decisions.

• Public Contact - Day-to-day contact with the public.

• Team Members - Have close working relationships.

• Power/Authority - Control the work and development of others.

• Competition - Performance is compared to other workers.

• Supervision - Have a good relationship with manager.

• Change/Variety - Have a job which offers stimulating change.

• Creativity - Be allowed to develop new ways of doing things.

• Predictability - Have a work routine that is unlikely to change.

• Moral Values - Work that agrees with moral values.

• Location - Work in an area I want to live.

• Flexibility - Have flexibility in working hours.

• Working Conditions - Good physical environment.

• Income/Gain - Opportunity for increased income or other gain.

• Affiliation - Be a member of a particular organization.

• Security - Be reasonably assured of keeping my job.

If you are unsure of your work-related values, we can help you get in touch with them through the Activity Vector Analysis (AVA) behavioral assessment. Sign up for a free consultation to learn more.