Work values refer to the personal satisfaction a worker derives from
a job. For example, you may want work that lets you be imaginative or creative,
or help others, or exercise leadership, or work with your hands. This sections
list values and shows job categories which correspond to each.
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| Adventure | Safety, Law Enforcement, Security Services |
| Authority | Safety, Law Enforcement, Sports |
| Competition | Sales, Sports |
| Creativity, Self Expression | Arts, Drama, Science, Hospitality Service, Math and Statistics, Law, Communications, Therapy |
| Flexible Work Schedule | Arts, Sales, Law, University Teaching |
| Helping Others | Medicine, Social Services, Therapy, Child Care, Elder Care |
| High Salary | Arts, Sciences, Sales, Law, Business, Sports, Medicine |
| Independence | Arts, Medical Scieences, Social Services, Law, College Teaching |
| Influencing Others | Arts, Social Services, Law, Communications, Teaching |
| Intellectual Stimulation | Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Math and Statistics, Research, Law, Social Services |
| Leadership | Safety and Law Enforcement, Library Services, Business, Sports, Administration |
| Outside Work | Plant and Animal Care, Crafts, Sports |
| Persuading | Sales, Law |
| Physical Work | Arts, Equipment Operation, Sports |
| Prestige | Performing Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Law, Business, Sports |
| Public Attention | Performing Arts, Modeling, Sports |
| Public Contact | Arts, Safety and Law Enforcement, Sales, Hospitality, Customer Services, Business, Medicine |
| Research Work | Sciences, Math and Statistics, Social Research, Law |
| Routine Work | Crafts, Animal Training, Mathematical Detail, Clerical Work, Customer Services |
| Seasonal Work | Some Crafts, Sports |
| Travel | Vehicle Operation (airplanes, etc), Sales, Sports, Hospitality Services |
| Variety | Arts, Sciences, Sales, Research, Law, University Teaching |
| Work with Children | Social Services, Teaching, Child Care, Nursing |
| Work with Numbers | Sciences, Research, Math and Statistics, Finance, Engineering |
SOME LEISURE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO VARIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL WORK
Oftentimes the type of leisure activities you enjoy provides clues to
your career choices.
| Type of Psychological Work |
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| University Teaching | Acting, emceeing, reading, public speaking, editing newspaper or yearbook, running an event,doing magic tricks, serving as a community group leader, tutoring, service as a club officer |
| Psychological Research | Building models, conducting surveys, experimenting with chemistry set, helping out at the library, keeping score for ahthletic events, entering a science fair, reading science magazines, serving as club treaasurer, studying wildlife habits, training animals, visiting museums |
| Counseling | Coaching youth activities, volunteer work for community agencies like Red Cross, helping the disabled, serving as leader, serving as volunteer at a youth camp or in a hospital setting |
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