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Job Satisfactions and Values

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Determine what is important to you in a job. What are your top job priorities? What do you value in a job? What are the most significant characteristics of your ideal job? Simply put, just what do you need to be happy in your work?

The following section lists satisfactions that people commonly obtain from their work. Using the following scale, indicate the degree of importance you would assign to each:

  1. Not important at all
  2. Not very important
  3. Moderately important
  4. Very important

_____ Work Environment / Conditions

_____ Prestige of Organization

_____ Recognition / Appreciation

_____ Resources (budget, manpower, etc.)

_____ Status _____ Friendships

_____ Work Under Pressure

_____ Seeking Knowledge / Learning

_____ Work Itself

_____ Physical Challenge

_____ Time Freedom

_____ Helping Others

_____ Teamwork

_____ Helping Society

_____ Advancement Opportunity

_____ Authority / Level of Responsibility

_____ Job Security

_____ Independence / Autonomy

_____ Achievement

_____ Working with People

_____ Location

_____ Working Alone

_____ Intellectual or Expert Status

_____ High Degree of Challenge

_____ Power

_____ Leadership Role

_____ Creative Outlets

_____ Variety in Work

_____ Adventure

_____ Competition

_____ Working with Ideas

_____ Excitement

_____ Working with Data

_____ Rapid Pace

_____ Influencing People

_____ Other

_____ Compensation (salary, benefits)

List the responses rated "4," then rank the top five:

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