Considering Your Career Priorities

Knowing your career priorities and what gives you most professional fulfillment can guide you
to make more balanced choices for your career. It can also help you to focus your time and
energy on development activities and career avenues that bring you the rewards that matter to
you. Consider how important the following factors are to you in terms of your career.

POTENTIAL MOTIVATOR Scale

1 – not important
5 – very important
Job Security
Specific Geographic Location
Good Income
Very high income
Specific Industry
Flexible Working Environment
Working Alone
Variety (in type of work, location, etc..)
Energised by working intensely/long hours on a project
Contact with People
Opportunity to meet new people
Feeling Appreciated
Building networks
Professional Recognition
High Level of Responsibility
Helping Others, Benefitting Wider Community
Status within an organisation
Status outside an organisation
Using technical expertise
Opportunity to be creative
Working for a Big Brand
Working for Start Up
Challenging Work
Working On a Team
Managing Other People
Opportunity for Promotion
Managing Major Projects
Regular Work Hours
Travel/work away from home often
Work in a high pressure environment
Work on the edge/ in a high risk environment
2.2 What Are Your Priorities?
Using the template you have just completed, please identify your top five career priorities.
Once this is completed, please identify the bottom five priorities i.e. features you would like
least in a career role.

Top Five Career Priorities

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Bottom Five Career Priorities
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