Career and Life Values

Career and Life Values (29:00)

The relationship between students’ values and daily choices is discussed in this video, which also connects values to career decisions. Students identify some of their key values and consider how personal background may have shaped them. (29 minutes)

Values and Life Decisions (05:05)
Values define who we are and guide our decisions throughout life. What excites us, may reveal our values.

Influenced by Values (03:39)
Values are revealed by what a person makes time to do. Strong family values may influence our career decisions in a different way than do strong financial values.

Exercise: Listing Expenses (03:27)
Preparing a list of your major and daily expenses and daily expenses; what we spend money on reveals our personal values.

Changing and Modifying Values (02:51)
Values vary greatly and are neither right nor wrong. Values may be taught, but personal experiences may modify values or cause them to shift over time.

Recognizing and Prioritizing Values (02:58)
Prioritizing and recognizing our personal values can help us when it comes to making a career choice.

Getting to Know Your Values (01:24)
Understanding our personal values and applying that understanding to career decisions makes for a more fulfilled life.

"Hot Tip:" Get Your Values Met on the Job (01:44)
Our values affect how we feel about our work. Aiming to have five of our top five values met in our work may result in the feeling of having a "dream job."

When Work and Values Clash (04:47)
Personal values may be in conflict with our work environment. It is important to match our personal values with the type of work we do.