I recently attended a career values workshop and would like to share a technique I learnt to quickly determine your career values and assess whether you are happy in your current work.
Let’s get straight into it, the steps are:
- List 4-6 things that are important to you in terms of career.
- Remember a time where you felt on top of your game and really satisfied at work. What 2 feelings did you have at this time? Add these to the list
- Go through your list and remove any values that you think are duplicates (does it feel like they mean the same thing?)
- Rank your list, with the highest priority value being #1
- Assess how you feel in your current workplace for each value, giving each a score from 0 to 10, with 10 being the best possible score
The trick is to think of your values quickly and go with your intuition or ‘gut feel’ when ranking your values.
If you’ve scored some of your highest priority values with low ratings, ask yourself,
“In order to go from a X to a Y what would need to change in my current work situation?”
“What specific requests can I make to ensure there values are met?”
Career values can be both extrinsic or intrinsic in the context of your career and life. Your values will probably change as you go through different life stages and it is useful to review them regularly to assess whether you are content with your work or if something needs to change.
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