22 March 2015
| Last updated on 2 April 2015
What are your Career Values?
They tell you about who you are and what is important to you. It is very important to be true to your own values and maintain your integrity. Values are also the expression of yourself. Knowing what you want out of your work is very important to your ultimate career success and knowing your values and how you value them is critical to finding your ultimate career satisfaction.
In your work, values are what give purpose to a job. The effort, commitment and motivation that a person brings to a job is usually in direct proportion to the values that they perceive in it. Your values will govern everything you do and are very useful guideline for your professional development.
How to Identify Work Values
If you find it difficult to articulate your values, a good place to start is by thinking back to a time when you were younger. What were your earlier interests and passions?
Look at the values listed below. Make a note of the three values which are most like you and the two that are least like you.
- INDEPENDENCE. Freedom to work alone, make your own decisions, plan your own work.
- HELPING. Helping, advising or caring for others in face-to-face work situations.
- RISK-TAKING. The sense of excitement, adventure and challenge that comes from taking risks, whether personal, physical or to an organisation.
- VARIETY. Change and diversity in work content, personal contacts or location.
- PRESTIGE. The status, recognition and importance of a job, either within your own organisation or that accorded by the general public.
- LEADERSHIP. Work in close co-operation with others to achieve a common goal.
- TEAM MEMBERSHIP. Working in close co-operation with others to achieve a common goal.
- ADVANCEMENT. Promotion, career progression and upward mobility.
- MATERIAL BENEFITS. The financial, or other material rewards that ensure a comfortable lifestyle.
- SECURITY. Stability of employment and assured salary.
- ARTISTIC CREATIVITY. Engage in creative work in any art form.
Add any other values you feel you hold, that are not listed.
Knowing your Job Values will go a long way to helping you understand and take charge of your career and will guide you down a path of workplace satisfaction and enjoyment.
About Dominika Miernik
Dominika Miernik is a Career, Intercultural and Expat Coach from Poland, who lived and worked in Italy and the UK. She has recently moved back to Rome. Dominika helps people who live and work abroad, those who are planning to move abroad or are coming back to the native country (repatriates) to create a career they want, find their own business idea or accelerate their international career. Get her Free 3 day career coaching e-program:http://dmcoaching.eu/. Clarify your career goals and create your action plan to achieve them. | First published on DM Coaching Blog
