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How to determine your values and interests WHAT YOU’LL LEARN How to determine your values and interests Why your values and interests play an important role in making career decisions continued

Whether you prefer to work with data, people, or things WHAT YOU’LL LEARN Whether you prefer to work with data, people, or things

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

KEY TERMS lifestyle goals values data

Setting Lifestyle Goals Your lifestyle goals are the ways you want to spend your time, energy, and resources in the future. What kind of life do you want to lead? continued

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

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

What Are Your Values? Your values are the principles you to live by and the beliefs that are important to you. continued

What Are Your Values? Besides principles and beliefs, your values may also include concrete things, such as money and fine clothing.

What Are Your Values? Choosing a career that matches your values can help ensure that you enjoy your work.

Six General Values Your values may change as you go through life. However, you will probably keep a core set of basic values that you learned as a child.

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

1. Responsibility Being responsible means fulfilling obligations in a dependable and trustworthy way. Can you think of any careers especially suited to someone who values responsibility?

2. Relationships If you value relationships, your family and friends are important to you. Can you think of any careers especially suited to someone who values relationships?

3. Compassion Compassion is caring deeply about people and their well-being. A compassionate person may choose a career that would better people’s lives.

4. Courage Courage is the ability to conquer fear or despair. You use courage when you speak up for an unpopular cause.

5. Achievement Valuing achievement means wanting to succeed in whatever you do. Can you think of any careers especially suited to someone who values achievement?

6. Recognition If you value recognition, you want other people to appreciate and respect your accomplishments. You can be recognized with a good salary, through job promotions, or with approval and praise.

Six General Values Graphic Organizer 2.2 R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y E M P A S S I O N M E N T Chapter 2 • Getting to Know Yourself Succeeding in the World of Work

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

ETHICS in Action Calling in Sick THINK ABOUT IT You really want to go on the trip, and you have five sick days that can be used immediately. THINK ABOUT IT Should you call in sick and go to the beach? Why or why not?

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

Putting Your Values into Practice In matching a career to your set of values, you will have a range of choices. Narrowing your choices will mean looking even deeper into yourself.

What Are Your Interests? Pay attention to your interests when considering a career. Your interests are the things you enjoy doing.

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

Data, People, or Things? The data category includes information, ideas, facts, symbols, figures, or statistics. The people category includes people and animals.

Data, People, or Things? The things category includes physical objects of any size, such as instruments, tools, machinery, equipment, raw materials, and vehicles.

Data, People, or Things? Any career you choose will probably involve some work with data and people and things. Which category are you most interested in?

Interest Surveys Interest surveys can help you identify your interests. Interest surveys help you match your interests to possible careers.

Key Concept Checkpoint SECTION 2.2 REVIEW Key Concept Checkpoint Comprehension Choose a value that is important to you. Discuss how you developed this value and how you might put it into practice in a career. continued

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

Key Concept Checkpoint SECTION 2.2 REVIEW Key Concept Checkpoint Comprehension Choose a career. Describe how the categories of data, people, and things might overlap for a person working in that career. continued

Key Concept Checkpoint SECTION 2.2 REVIEW Key Concept Checkpoint Critical Thinking Is it more important to consider your values or your interests when making career decisions? Explain

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