Identify your Interests, Skills, and Work Values

Key Criteria

1. In order to decide which career field is most suitable for you, we must first determine your preferences. 
2. Self-assessment is a very important step in helping you identify majors and careers that might be a good fit.   After all, how can you find what you are seeking if you don’t know what it looks like?
3. Once you identify your:
   1. interests (what you enjoy doing)
   2. skills (what you are good at)
   3. work values (what is important to you in a job)…
   you can develop your key criteria or road map to your
   
   Career Goals

Interests {what you do in your spare time}

1. Hanging out with friends
2. Hearing in-depth stories about peoples’ interesting lives

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Skills {what you do well, what others tell you that you do well}

1. Good listener
2. Reliable and action-oriented

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Work Values {qualities important to you when considering a career}

1. Helping people
2. In leadership/decision-making role

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Key Criteria

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1. When making a decision, it is important to keep your work values and interests in the forefront.
2. Write down those factors that are essential to you.
3. Use themes from your lists of interests, skills, and work values.

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1. Based on the interests, skills, and values you have determined, develop your own key criteria for selecting career fields that support your desired lifestyle.
2. ANSWER THIS QUESTION:

What are the top things I need in my career for it to be satisfying? My Key Criteria

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