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To find a career that fits you discover what’s important to you. You’ll gain valuable insights into who you are.
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Work Values Quiz
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This activity will take you approximately 15 minutes.

Your values guide you in the way you relate to the world. Together with your interests, they tell you why you do things. Equally importantly, they also tell you why you feel uncomfortable if you don’t do things.

To find a career that fits you, discover what’s important to you. You’ll gain valuable insights into who you are.

In the testimonial, you can see that Estelle is unhappy at her job because she feels Adam is in danger, which clashes with her values.

This great job...makes me squirm

The sight of Adam leaping over the open gaps on the 2nd floor makes Estelle squirm. It's the 4th time this month she's seen the 17-year-old working upstairs on this construction site without a safety harness on. She's said something to Adam and the the supervisor, but as the only woman carpenter, she doesn't want to make too many waves. She's already been teased for insisting on a harness for herself. Estelle feels lucky that she's found work in this field, but she's really worried about safety. Should she call Occupational Health and Safety secretly? Estelle has started looking for a different job. 

Estelle
Carpenter
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My Work Motivations
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Somewhat Important
Not Important
The idea of making money motivates me a great deal.
I'm motivated by work that allows me to help other people, either individually or in small groups.
I'm not interested in managing other people. I'm motivated by work that allows me to manage just myself.
Money is not as important to me as a personal sense of satisfaction.
I want work that absorbs me, even if it takes up my leisure time.
I'm motivated by work that will improve the world.
It's important to me to get public recognition for the work that I do.
I'm motivated by work that will lead to a management position.
I want work that leaves me leisure time for my family and friends.

Please complete each question before moving to the next step.

This personal information is being collected and used pursuant to section 33(c) and section 39(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This information is being collected and retained on the system to facilitate your personal career planning process and to make it available for your ongoing use. You may choose to share this information with a Career Advisor to support the provision of career planning services. Please contact alis at alis.info@gov.ab.ca or 780-422-1794 if you have any questions regarding the collection or use of the information you submit.

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You will be done this activity in about 12 minutes.
My Preferred Work Setting
Important
Somewhat Important
Not Important
I would like to travel and experience different cultures and places.
I want a calm, peaceful work setting.
I would like to work outside all or some of the time.
I like work that is physically challenging.
I prefer indoor work.
I want work that challenges my intellectual capacities.
I want work that doesn't involve travel.
I enjoy a workplace with lots of fast-paced activity.

Please complete each question before moving to the next step.

This personal information is being collected and used pursuant to section 33(c) and section 39(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This information is being collected and retained on the system to facilitate your personal career planning process and to make it available for your ongoing use. You may choose to share this information with a Career Advisor to support the provision of career planning services. Please contact alis at alis.info@gov.ab.ca or 780-422-1794 if you have any questions regarding the collection or use of the information you submit.

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You will be done this activity in about 9 minutes.
How I Like to Interact with Others
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Somewhat Important
Not Important
I like to work independently with little or no supervision.
I like work that lets me persuade or negotiate with others.
I like to compete and put my skills and abilities against others.
I would like to work with the public.
I want work where I set and meet my own personal goals.
I want work where I get to interact with a team of other people.
I prefer to work away from the public.
I want work where I can influence the attitudes or opinions of others.

Please complete each question before moving to the next step.

This personal information is being collected and used pursuant to section 33(c) and section 39(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This information is being collected and retained on the system to facilitate your personal career planning process and to make it available for your ongoing use. You may choose to share this information with a Career Advisor to support the provision of career planning services. Please contact alis at alis.info@gov.ab.ca or 780-422-1794 if you have any questions regarding the collection or use of the information you submit.

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You will be done this activity in about 6 minutes.
My Work Style
Important
Somewhat Important
Not Important
I like work where I can solve problems and decide how things should be done.
I enjoy work that has fixed hours and a set schedule.
I want work with responsibilities that change frequently.
I want work that lets me use my creativity to think up new ways to do things.
I want the freedom to work to my own schedule.
I enjoy work that requires attention to detail and accuracy.
I prefer a work situation where my responsibilities are the same every day.
I want a work situation that's exciting and high-pressured.

Please complete each question before moving to the next step.

This personal information is being collected and used pursuant to section 33(c) and section 39(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This information is being collected and retained on the system to facilitate your personal career planning process and to make it available for your ongoing use. You may choose to share this information with a Career Advisor to support the provision of career planning services. Please contact alis at alis.info@gov.ab.ca or 780-422-1794 if you have any questions regarding the collection or use of the information you submit.

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You will be done this activity in about 3 minutes.

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Please complete each question before moving to the next step.

This personal information is being collected and used pursuant to section 33(c) and section 39(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This information is being collected and retained on the system to facilitate your personal career planning process and to make it available for your ongoing use. You may choose to share this information with a Career Advisor to support the provision of career planning services. Please contact alis at alis.info@gov.ab.ca or 780-422-1794 if you have any questions regarding the collection or use of the information you submit.