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Interests: Interests represent things you like to learn about or do as hobbies, but may also give clues to the kinds of careers and jobs you would enjoy. In the spaces below, list 10–20 things that you really like to do or enjoy learning about. Use the following questions to brainstorm ideas: • What have been your favorite courses? • In your previous jobs, internships, or extracurricular experiences, what tasks did you enjoy most? • What are the things you find yourself doing and enjoying, even though you don’t have to do them? • What local, societal or world problems interest you? • If you were an excellent writer, what subjects would you want to write about? • If you could teach a course on any subject, what subjects would you teach? • What do you do for fun? To relax and unwind? Now, scan through your list. What trends or topical themes appear throughout? Use the following theme descriptions to identify patterns and circle or highlight two or three that describe your interests. Note which theme contains activities that are most engaging, not necessarily the highest number of items. Activities involving: • athletic or mechanical ability; working outdoors or with machines, tools, plants or animals • observing, learning, investigating, analyzing, evaluating, or problem solving • imagination and creativity; artistic, innovative, or intuitive abilities; or unstructured environments • working with people to enlighten, inform, help, train or cure; skill with words • working with people to influence, persuade, perform, lead, or manage for business goals or economic gain • organizing, clerical, or numerical ability; step by step tasks, details and data Write some keywords from the themes that most describe your interests in column 1 of the chart on page 11. 6 Char Smullyan
Values: Values play an integral role in career satisfaction. Of the following list, prioritize the ten career values that are most important to you now (they may change over time) by circling them, and cross out the ten that are least important. Add any other values that are missing from your list. • Achievement • Advancement and promotion • Adventure • Arts • Challenging problems • Change and variety • Close relationships • Community • Competence • Competition • Cooperation • Country • Creativity • Decisiveness • Democracy • Ecological awareness • Economic security • Effectiveness • Efficiency • Ethical practice • Excellence • Excitement • Fame • Fast pace • Financial gain • Flexibility • Freedom • Friendships • Growth • Having a family • Helping other people • Helping society • Honesty • Independence • Influencing others • Inner harmony • Integrity • Intellectual status • Involvement • Job tranquility • Knowledge • Leadership • Location • Loyalty • Meaningful work • Merit • Money • Nature • Order • Personal development • Physical challenge • Pleasure • Power and authority • Privacy • Public service • Purity • Quality • Recognition • Religion • Reputation • Responsibility and accountability • Security • Self-respect • Serenity • Sophistication • Stability • Status • Supervising others • Time freedom • Truth • Wealth • Wisdom • Work under pressure • Working with others • Working alone EXPLORE Now, prioritize your top ten values by considering which could be compromised if necessary and which cannot be compromised. After completing this exercise, write your top five values into the chart on page 11. 1. 6. 2. 7. 3. 8. 4. 9. 5. 10. Char Smullyan 7
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