WORK AND LIFESTYLE VALUES WORKSHEET

                                               WORK TASKS

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Produce a product I can see at the end of the day

 

 

 

 

Work on a project that takes a long time to complete

 

 

 

 

Complete tasks by the end of the day

 

 

 

 

Perform different tasks every day

 

 

 

 

Perform similar tasks routinely

 

 

 

 

Engage in adventuresome/risky tasks

 

 

 

 

Work with hands or hand tools

 

 

 

 

Work with numbers

 

 

 

 

Help people who have needs

 

 

 

 

Influence the opinions or decisions of others

 

 

 

 

Engage in physical tasks

 

 

 

 

Engage in intellectually stimulating tasks

 

 

 

 

Engage in creative tasks

 

 

 

 

Engage in research

 

 

 

 

 

                                             WORK SETTING

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Indoors, in my own office

 

 

 

 

Indoors, in a large office with many colleagues

 

 

 

 

Indoors, other than an office

 

 

 

 

Outdoors

 

 

 

 

Combination of indoors & outdoors

 

 

 

 

Work in an urban/suburban setting

 

 

 

 

Work in a rural setting

 

 

 

 

Home-based work setting

 

 

 

 

 

                                              WORK HOURS

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Regular shift of 8 hours per day with no overtime or work to take home

 

 

 

 

Irregular length day, sometimes working overtime or taking work home

 

 

 

 

 

                                                  PRESSURE

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Little or no pressure

 

 

 

 

Fast-paced environment

 

 

 

 

Competitive environment

 

 

 

 

Pressure due to responsibility for physical/emotional well-being of others

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                     TRAVEL

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Little or no travel required

 

 

 

 

Significant local travel required

 

 

 

 

Significant long-distance travel required

 

 

 

 

 

                                  INTERPERSONAL ASPECTS

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Work independently with no supervision (own boss)

 

 

 

 

Work independently with some supervision

 

 

 

 

Work with one or more colleagues as a team

 

 

 

 

Plan work for and supervise others

 

 

 

 

Be supervised by a good supervisor/boss

 

 

 

 

Work with supportive co-workers

 

 

 

 

Meet new people regularly