2007 Richard L Knowdell All rights reserved No

© 2007 Richard L. Knowdell. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher—Career Research & Testing, Inc. www. careernetwork. org. © Copyright 2007 by Richard L. Knowdell, Career Research & Testing, Inc. www. Career. Network. Org

ALWAYS VALUED OFTEN VALUED SOMETIMES VALUED SELDOM VALUED NEVER VALUED Directions • Place the five category cards with black backgrounds at the top of your work space. • Sort the entire deck of Career Values cards into five categories according to how important each value is to you at this moment. • Please limit the “Always Valued” category to eight cards. • This should take you about seven minutes. © Copyright 2007 by Richard L. Knowdell, Career Research & Testing, Inc. www. Career. Network. Org

ALWAYS VALUED OFTEN VALUED SOMETIMES VALUED SELDOM VALUED © Copyright 2007 by Richard L. Knowdell, Career Research & Testing, Inc. www. Career. Network. Org NEVER VALUED

ALWAYS VALUED OFTEN VALUED SOMETIMES VALUED SELDOM VALUED SUMMARY SHEET OF PRIORITIZED VALUES © Copyright 2007 by Richard L. Knowdell, Career Research & Testing, Inc. www. Career. Network. Org NEVER VALUED

CAREER OPTIONS WORKSHEET © Copyright 2007 by Richard L. Knowdell, Career Research & Testing, Inc. www. Career. Network. Org

er Con su Eng lting ine er Eng in Ma eering nag er Ma rk Spe eting cial ist Sale s Eng ine e r gin e loin s in c. Me cha nica l En Col Me Cur ren t Jo b– Aja cha x in nica c. l En gin eer CAREER OPTIONS WORKSHEET WORK-LIFE BALANCE 3 ? ? ? -1 ? WORK ALONE 3 3 -1 -1 CHANGE AND VARIETY -1 2 3 3 EXCITMENT -1 ? 3 3 PRECISION WORK 3 3 3 2 3 3 EXERCISE COMPETENCE 3 ? ? ? -1 ? CHALLENGING PROBLEMS 2 3 3 3 INDEPENDENCE 2 ? ? ? 2 3 14 14 13 10 12 17 © Copyright 2007 by Richard L. Knowdell, Career Research & Testing, Inc. www. Career. Network. Org

Questions • How well do your seven or eight highest career values fit each of the career options that are available? • How similar are your seven or eight highest career values to the ‘corporate values’ of your current or planned organization? • How similar are your seven or eight highest career values to those of your manager? • How similar are your career values to those of your spouse or a person close to you? © Copyright 2007 by Richard L. Knowdell, Career Research & Testing, Inc. www. Career. Network. Org