Work Values Inventory

Major & Career Exploration

What are you looking for in a job? What is important to you personally and can you find it through the work that you do?
Job satisfaction is determined more by how your values align with a work environment than by any other factor; therefore, it is important to take the
time to analyze the following list of common workplace values to clarify where your priorities lie. Rate the degree of importance that you place on
each of the following workplace values using this scale:
4 = Extremely important | My job must have this feature in order to ensure satisfaction.
3 = Important | I’d like to have a job with this feature, but I can live without it if necessary.
2 = Not important | Having this feature would be a nice bonus, but I don’t need it.
1 = Not necessary | This feature won’t impact my job satisfaction in any way.

4 Advancement – Clear advancement tracks within the organization or ample opportunities for promotion.
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4 Autonomy – The ability to do things on your own, at your own pace, and in line with your own standards.
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4 Balance – The ability to avoid conflicts between family considerations, career objectives, and individual goals.
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4 Benefits – Access to the use of health insurance, a retirement plan, stock options, fitness club memberships, etc.
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4 Challenge – The opportunity to overcome difficult obstacles and solve difficult problems.
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4 Commute – The amount of time you are willing to spend traveling to and from your place of employment.
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4 Company Loyalty – Receiving awards for your dependability and long-term contributions.

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3 Competition – Having a high degree of competition with the organization you work for or between rival organizations.

4 Creativity – The ability to make something that has not previously existed; being able to identify new approaches to doing something.
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4 Decision Making – Having power to decide course of action.

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4 Excitement – Working in an environment that takes you beyond standard comfort levels.

4 Expertise – Possessing specific abilities or knowledge not common to other employees.

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4 Family – Having the flexibility for family life within the framework of the work environment (for example, hours and vacation time amenable to
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having a family).

4 Flexibility – The ability to adjust schedules, routines, and procedures without seeking approval.
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_____ Honesty – Working in an environment where there is an expectation of truth.
3 Hours – Having set hours with little requirement for overtime.
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4 Independence – Being able to perform daily functions unsupervised.

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4 Innovation – Having the ability to use cutting edge or pioneering technologies or techniques.
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4 Intellectual Stimulation – Work which provides opportunity for independent thinking and for learning how and why things work.
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4 Interpersonal Contact – Having frequent day-to-day contact with the public, co-workers, or others.
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_____ Leadership – Having the opportunity and capacity to guide and shepherd others.

3 Leisure – Having the ability to allocate personal time for such things as relationships and hobbies.
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 4 Order – Having structure and clear lines of communication within an organization.
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_____ Organizational Ethics – Working for an employer who values integrity and honesty.

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3 Parking Availability – The ability to drive to work and to park there without significant hassle or expense.

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4 Peace – Being in an environment that offers tranquility, comfort, and where you can avoid pressure.

4 Personal Growth – Having opportunities for self-exploration at work that contribute to other areas of your life.
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4 Physical Challenge – Conquering challenges through the use of physical capacity.
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4 Power – Having opportunities for influence within your profession, field, or organization.
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4 Precision – Work that requires attention to detail and has low lenience for error.

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4 Pressure – Having constant deadlines, time demands, and challenges.

4 Prestige – Being viewed by others with honor; being acknowledged as an “expert” in your field.
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4 Pride – Having self-respect and taking personal satisfaction in completed work.

4 Professional Growth – Having opportunities for on-going learning and development within your specific profession.
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4 Public Transportation – Having access to timely, efficient, and affordable community-funded transportation.
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4 Recognition – Receiving visible and public notice for achievements, work tasks, academic honors, community service, etc.
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4 Respect – Having a sense of value and worth to the organization.
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3 Risk – Having the willingness to forego security to achieve a desired goal.

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4 Routine – Work that provides an environment with predictable work projects and tasks.

4 Safety – Having a workplace and surrounding neighborhood free from violence and crime.
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4 Salary – Work which pays well, offers periodic raises, and enables a comfortable standard of living.

4 Security – Being assured of job stability, salary, and/or benefits.

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4 Service – Contributing to the well-being of others.

4 Social Atmosphere – Forming friendships and warm working relationships within the organization.
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4 Social Contribution – Positively influencing others and society as a whole through your work.

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4 Stability – Working in an unchanging, predictable career field.

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3 Status – Achieving a level of prestige, respect, admiration, or glamour as a result of your work.

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4 Team Environment – Relying on teamwork and group efforts to achieve results.

3 Travel – Having the opportunity to go to different geographic locations to accomplish your job.
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3 Variety – Work which provides an opportunity to do different types of tasks, and being free from routine.
Nearly finished!
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3 Visual Results – Creating or building things; producing tangible results.

Now that you’ve examined a number of values and rated them according to their importance, it is time to narrow down those values that are most
important to you. Go back through the list on pages 1 and 2 and star those you would consider to be your top 10 most important values.
 For the final step of this exercise, narrow your list of 10 values to your 5 highest priority values – think of these core values as those that you
absolutely would not be able to work without. List them below in the space provided in order with 1 being your highest priority value:

1. Honesty

2. Leadership

3. Innovation

4. Professional Growth
5. Salary

Congratulations! You now have a list of your core workplace values that represent who you are and what you find most important about work.
These core values will very likely determine your level of satisfaction in your chosen career field.

As you look to the future and consider how you might use this information when choosing a major or career path, use the following questions to
guide your reflection and record your responses below:

What event or experience helped you to understand that these values were important to you? Consider reflecting on the events or
experiences that led to your selecting each of your core values.
Work values are significant most especially when you want to be a successful employee in your chosen career. Based on my own experience as a
working student now, it is not easy dealing with work without values that you are upholding. I’ve came up with these list of work values as I go
through lot of adjustments and endurance entering this work. By the way, I work as a tutor, and it made me realize that salary won’t be enough as
your drive to continue working but instead it is your passion or your dedication to your service. I can’t really deny the fact that I felt exhausted
during my first week in work, I almost break down but later, as I tried to cope up, I am gradually loving what I am doing until now.
How well do your core values complement the major or job titles you are considering pursuing? Will the work that is a part of this major
(or the work that is a part of this job) allow you to express those things that are most important to you?
I can really state that my own list of core values will be beneficial towards pursuing my future job because first and foremost, these values are
accumulated according to my own experiences in life. And I can also assure that these work values will be displayed to the profession I am currently
pursuing now. As a future educator, I must demonstrate these values as these are important values that will set as to be a good role model.
Somehow, my chosen values are anchored to the Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers. Values such as leadership is mentioned in the Article 2,
Section 2 that states “Every teacher shall provide leadership and initiative to actively participate in community movements for moral, social,
educational, economic, and civic betterment.”
Expand on the ways in which your values and your intended major and career path match well with your core values.
Moreover, I am convinced that my specialization and my chosen career field will best fit to my core values because these are based on my own
definition of job satisfaction. Well, these values also determined my identity and interest in the field of work. Teaching for me is a call to respond
which led me to take this course. Way back before, I am really doubting if I could make it to the end but now as I am on my journey towards
graduating it’s such an overwhelming experience. That’s why I can say that the values I laid down are not just based on practical standards, but
these are essential values that a teacher must really acquire.
What might be missing from the major or job you are considering? In other words, will this major or job NOT allow you to express one of
your core values?

I think nothing lacks on the job I am considering in the future because I believe that this will express if not all the work values I listed down but at
least one of it.