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Values

Values are what you judge to be important in life, or your principles and standards of behaviour. Your values can have a profound effect on the kind of degree you choose to do and the career directions you take once you've graduated.

People's values may be even more important than their interests. You are most likely to choose a degree, career, employer and workplace that support your work values. So it's important to identify what your work values are. The values quiz below may help you.

Values quiz

Rate the following work values on a scale of 1 to 5. A score of 1 means the value is not at all important to you in the workplace; a score of 5 means the value is very important to you in the workplace. When you submit your response, you'll get a list of your work values in order of importance. You can use this list as a reminder when you make career decisions.

Variety and challenge is not at all important
1 2 3 4 5
Variety and challenge is very important
Security is not at all important
Security is very important
Independence is not at all important
Independence is very important
Being physically active is not at all important
Being physically active is very important
Skill development is not at all important
Skill development is very important
Helping others is not at all important
Helping others is very important
Working with people you get on well with is not at all important
Working with people you get on well with is very important
Creativity is not at all important
Creativity is very important
High earnings is not at all important
High earnings is very important
Doing work others see as important is not at all important
Doing work others see as important is very important
Managing others is not at all important
Managing others is very important
Not having to work in leisure time is not at all important
Not having to work in leisure time is very important
People contact is not at all important
People contact is very important
Where you work - indoors vs outdoors is not at all important
Where you work - indoors vs outdoors is very important
Low-moderate stress levels in job is not at all important
Low-moderate stress levels in job is very important
Travel is not at all important
Travel is very important
Mobility - being able to move around at work is not at all important
1   2   3   4   5
Mobility - being able to move around at work is very important