Human Relations For Career and Personal Success 9th Edition by Andrew Dubrin

Exercise 13

Learning how to clarify your values can be uplifting and, at the same time, can help you make career choices based on these values. Ideally, you might pursue career opportunities that give you an opportunity to satisfy your most important career values, such as a person who highly values "making an above-average income" pursuing a career in industrial sales. And a person who values "helping people less fortunate than me" might pursue a career in youth work. Rank from 1 to 20 the importance of the following values to you as a person. The most important value on the list receives a rank of 1; the least important a rank of 20. Use the space next to "Other" if the list has left out an important value in your life.
____Having my own place to live
____Having one or more children
____Having an interesting job and career
____Owning a car
____Having a good relationship with coworkers
____Having good health
____Sending and receiving e-mail messages and instant messages and using the Web
____Being able to stay in frequent contact with friends by smart phone and text messaging
____Watching my favorite television shows
____Participating in sports or other pastimes
____Following a sports team, athlete, music group, or other entertainer
____Being a religious person
____Helping people less fortunate than me
____Loving and being loved by another person
____Having physical intimacy with another person
____Making an above-average income
____Being in good physical condition
____Being a knowledgeable, informed person
____Completing my formal education
____Other
Perhaps your class, assisted by your instructor, can arrive at a class average on each of these values. How does your ranking compare to the class ranking?