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Chapter 2 • Getting to Know Yourself Succeeding in the World of Work

Setting Lifestyle GoalsSetting Lifestyle Goals2.2

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

How to determine your values How to determine your values and interestsand interests

Why your values and interests Why your values and interests play an important role in making play an important role in making career decisionscareer decisions

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Whether you prefer to work with Whether you prefer to work with data, people, or thingsdata, people, or things



Using your values, interests, and Using your values, interests, and personal preferences to guide personal preferences to guide your career decisions will help your career decisions will help you lead a rewarding and you lead a rewarding and enjoyable life. enjoyable life.

WHY IT’S IMPORTANT



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YourYour lifestylelifestyle goalsgoals are the ways you are the ways you want to spend your time, energy, and want to spend your time, energy, and resources in the future.resources in the future.

What kind of life do you want to lead?What kind of life do you want to lead?

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What do you want to accomplish in What do you want to accomplish in life?life?Do you want to raise a family?Do you want to raise a family?Where would you like to live—in a Where would you like to live—in a house or in an apartment? In a city or house or in an apartment? In a city or in the country?in the country?


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How would you like to spend your free How would you like to spend your free time?time?Do you want a high income or just Do you want a high income or just enough money to be comfortable?enough money to be comfortable?




YourYour valuesvalues are the principles you to are the principles you to live by and the beliefs that are important live by and the beliefs that are important to you.to you.

What Are Your Values?What Are Your Values?What Are Your Values?What Are Your Values?

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Besides principles and beliefs, your Besides principles and beliefs, your values may also include concrete things, values may also include concrete things, such as money and fine clothing.such as money and fine clothing.




Choosing a career that matches your Choosing a career that matches your values can help ensure that you enjoy values can help ensure that you enjoy your work.your work.




Your values may change as you go Your values may change as you go through life.through life.

However, you will probably keep a core However, you will probably keep a core set of basic values that you learned as a set of basic values that you learned as a child.child.

Six General ValuesSix General ValuesSix General ValuesSix General Values



To help determine your current values, To help determine your current values, think about six main values.think about six main values.




Being responsible means fulfilling Being responsible means fulfilling obligations in a dependable and obligations in a dependable and trustworthy way.trustworthy way.

Can you think of any careers especially Can you think of any careers especially suited to someone who values suited to someone who values responsibility?responsibility?

1. Responsibility1. Responsibility1. Responsibility1. Responsibility



If you value relationships, your family If you value relationships, your family and friends are important to you.and friends are important to you.

Can you think of any careers especially Can you think of any careers especially suited to someone who values suited to someone who values relationships?relationships?

2. Relationships2. Relationships2. Relationships2. Relationships



Compassion is caring deeply about Compassion is caring deeply about people and their well-being.people and their well-being.

A compassionate person may choose a A compassionate person may choose a career that would better people’s lives.career that would better people’s lives.

3. Compassion3. Compassion3. Compassion3. Compassion



Courage is the ability to conquer fear or Courage is the ability to conquer fear or despair.despair.

You use courage when you speak up for You use courage when you speak up for an unpopular cause.an unpopular cause.

4. Courage4. Courage4. Courage4. Courage



Valuing achievement means wanting to Valuing achievement means wanting to succeed in whatever you do.succeed in whatever you do.

Can you think of any careers especially Can you think of any careers especially suited to someone who values suited to someone who values achievement?achievement?

5. Achievement5. Achievement5. Achievement5. Achievement



If you value recognition, you want other If you value recognition, you want other people to appreciate and respect your people to appreciate and respect your accomplishments.accomplishments.

You can be recognized with a good You can be recognized with a good salary, through job promotions, or with salary, through job promotions, or with approval and praise.approval and praise.

6. Recognition6. Recognition6. Recognition6. Recognition


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ETHICS in Action

Calling in SickCalling in SickYou recently started a new job at an office You recently started a new job at an office supply store, and you cannot take any supply store, and you cannot take any vacation time until you have been working vacation time until you have been working there for three months. Before you got the there for three months. Before you got the job, you and your friends had planned a trip job, you and your friends had planned a trip to the beach for tomorrow. to the beach for tomorrow.

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ETHICS in Action

Calling in SickCalling in SickYou really want to go on the trip, and you You really want to go on the trip, and you have five sick days that can be used have five sick days that can be used immediately.immediately.

THINK ABOUT ITTHINK ABOUT ITShould you call in sick and go to the beach? Should you call in sick and go to the beach? Why or why not? Why or why not?



While many people may share the same While many people may share the same value, each person puts that value into value, each person puts that value into practice in a different way.practice in a different way.

Putting Your Values into PracticePutting Your Values into PracticePutting Your Values into PracticePutting Your Values into Practice



In matching a career to your set of In matching a career to your set of values, you will have a range of choices.values, you will have a range of choices.

Narrowing your choices will mean Narrowing your choices will mean looking even deeper into yourself.looking even deeper into yourself.

Putting Your Values into PracticePutting Your Values into PracticePutting Your Values into PracticePutting Your Values into Practice



Pay attention to your interests when Pay attention to your interests when considering a career.considering a career.

Your Your interestsinterests are the things you enjoy are the things you enjoy doing.doing.

What Are Your Interests?What Are Your Interests?What Are Your Interests?What Are Your Interests?



Identifying your interests can help you Identifying your interests can help you recognize whether you would prefer to recognize whether you would prefer to work with data, people, or things.work with data, people, or things.

Data, People, or Things?Data, People, or Things?Data, People, or Things?Data, People, or Things?



The The datadata category includes information, category includes information, ideasideas, facts, , facts, symbolssymbols, figures, or , figures, or statisticsstatistics..

The The peoplepeople category includes people category includes people and and animalsanimals..




The The thingsthings category includes physical category includes physical objects of any size, such as instruments, objects of any size, such as instruments, toolstools, machinery, , machinery, equipmentequipment, raw , raw materials, and materials, and vehiclesvehicles..




Any career you choose will probably Any career you choose will probably involve some work with data and people involve some work with data and people and things.and things.

Which category are you most interested Which category are you most interested in?in?




Interest surveys can help you Interest surveys can help you identifyidentify youryour interestsinterests..

Interest surveys help you match your Interest surveys help you match your interestsinterests to possible to possible careerscareers..

Interest SurveysInterest SurveysInterest SurveysInterest Surveys



Key Concept CheckpointKey Concept CheckpointComprehensionComprehension

1.1. Choose a value that is important to Choose a value that is important to you. Discuss how you developed this you. Discuss how you developed this value and how you might put it into value and how you might put it into practice in a career.practice in a career.

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2.2. Choose one of your interests, and Choose one of your interests, and write down reasons why you enjoy write down reasons why you enjoy this activity. Suggest what career this activity. Suggest what career might let you develop this interest might let you develop this interest further.further. continued





3.3. Choose a career. Describe how the Choose a career. Describe how the categories of data, people, and things categories of data, people, and things might overlap for a person working in might overlap for a person working in that career.that career.

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Key Concept CheckpointKey Concept CheckpointCritical ThinkingCritical Thinking

4.4. Is it more important to consider your Is it more important to consider your values or your interests when making values or your interests when making career decisions?career decisions? Explain Explain


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