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ALWAYS
VALUED
OFTEN
VALUED
SOMETIMES
VALUED
SELDOM
VALUED
NEVER
VALUED
Directions
• Place the five category cards with black backgrounds at the
top of your work space.
• Sort the entire deck of Career Values cards into five categories
according to how important each value is to you at this moment.
• Please limit the “Always Valued” category to eight cards.
• This should take you about seven minutes.
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ALWAYS
VALUED
OFTEN
VALUED
SOMETIMES
VALUED
SELDOM
VALUED
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NEVER
VALUED
ALWAYS
VALUED
OFTEN
VALUED
SOMETIMES
VALUED
SELDOM
VALUED
SUMMARY SHEET OF PRIORITIZED VALUES
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NEVER
VALUED
CAREER OPTIONS WORKSHEET
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CAREER OPTIONS WORKSHEET
WORK-LIFE
BALANCE
3
?
?
?
-1
?
WORK ALONE
3
3
-1
-1
-1
-1
CHANGE AND
VARIETY
-1
2
3
3
3
3
EXCITMENT
-1
?
3
3
3
3
PRECISION
WORK
3
3
3
2
3
3
EXERCISE
COMPETENCE
3
?
?
?
-1
?
CHALLENGING
PROBLEMS
2
3
3
3
3
3
INDEPENDENCE
2
?
?
?
2
3
14
14
13
10
12
17
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Questions
• How well do your seven or eight highest career values fit each
of the career options that are available?
• How similar are your seven or eight highest career values to the
‘corporate values’ of your current or planned organization?
• How similar are your seven or eight highest career values to
those of your manager?
• How similar are your career values to those of your spouse or a
person close to you?
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