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Unit 1 Career Exploration
Values
A value is a belief, idea, or conviction that is important to a
person. People have different values. Your family, friends, and
community infl uence your values. Your life experiences and
beliefs also infl uence them.
Each individual has a unique set of values. Consider yours and
be honest with yourself. Figure 2-3 contains a number of questions
to help you evaluate what values are important to you. Try to decide
what is most important to you. Then try to act according to your
values. If education is important to you, put your best efforts into
your schoolwork. If you value good health, take time to exercise and
learn about nutrition.
Besides personal values, you also have work values. These are
related to work that is important to you. Some common work values
are listed in Figure 2-4. Take time to think about what you want from
your work. Some of your values may be the same personally and
professionally. People who value honesty with family members and
friends also believe honesty is important with coworkers.
Being able to identify what is important to you will help
you make career choices. If you believe time with your family is
important, you would not be happy traveling for long periods. If
you seek creative outlets, you would not enjoy working on a factory
assembly line. If you value high status in the community, you might
want to become a doctor or police offi cer. Consider your personal
values and work values when you choose a career.
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Figure 2-3. Belief, ideas, or objects that are important to you reflect your values.
Values
Honesty Are you always sincere and truthful? Do you expect
the same in return?
Health Do you enjoy practicing good health habits? Do you
eat right, exercise, and get enough rest?
Family, Friends Do you like to be surrounded by the people you love,
or do you prefer to see them only at certain times?
Religion Do you have certain beliefs or rituals that must be
maintained?
Education Do you enjoy gaining knowledge? Do you want to
earn an advanced degree?
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38
Unit 1 Career Exploration
Values
A value is a belief, idea, or conviction that is important to a
person. People have different values. Your family, friends, and
community infl uence your values. Your life experiences and
beliefs also infl uence them.
Each individual has a unique set of values. Consider yours and
be honest with yourself. Figure 2-3 contains a number of questions
to help you evaluate what values are important to you. Try to decide
what is most important to you. Then try to act according to your
values. If education is important to you, put your best efforts into
your schoolwork. If you value good health, take time to exercise and
learn about nutrition.
Besides personal values, you also have work values. These are
related to work that is important to you. Some common work values
are listed in Figure 2-4. Take time to think about what you want from
your work. Some of your values may be the same personally and
professionally. People who value honesty with family members and
friends also believe honesty is important with coworkers.
Being able to identify what is important to you will help
you make career choices. If you believe time with your family is
important, you would not be happy traveling for long periods. If
you seek creative outlets, you would not enjoy working on a factory
assembly line. If you value high status in the community, you might
want to become a doctor or police offi cer. Consider your personal
values and work values when you choose a career.
Goodheart-Willcox Publisher
Figure 2-3. Belief, ideas, or objects that are important to you reflect your values.
Values
Honesty Are you always sincere and truthful? Do you expect
the same in return?
Health Do you enjoy practicing good health habits? Do you
eat right, exercise, and get enough rest?
Family, Friends Do you like to be surrounded by the people you love,
or do you prefer to see them only at certain times?
Religion Do you have certain beliefs or rituals that must be
maintained?
Education Do you enjoy gaining knowledge? Do you want to
earn an advanced degree?
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Chapter 2 Learning about Yourself
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Eight common learning styles are described in Figure 2-2.
While looking at the fi gure, keep in mind that one learning style
is no better than any other. It is just the way you prefer to learn.
For example, you may learn best by reading the instructions and
following the diagrams when assembling something. If so, you
may be a verbal/linguistic learner. Other people may prefer to
learn by watching another person assemble something before they
try it. These people are visual learners. Also, notice that there is
some overlap among the styles. It is common for people to use
more than one learning style. However, most people have at least
one preferred learning style.
Because of your preferred learning style, you might fi nd it
easier to learn certain kinds of information or develop specifi c skills.
Knowing this can help you plan for college and choose a career. You
will want to explore college programs and careers that complement
your preferred learning style.
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Figure 2-2. Which of the learning styles described in this chart best
describes you?
Learning
Style
Learning
Preferences
Effective Learning
Strategies
Interpersonal Work with people, talk,
join groups
Relating, sharing,
cooperating, interviewing
Intrapersonal Work alone, pursue
personal interests
Setting own pace, reflecting,
having private space
Kinesthetic Touch, move, balance Touching objects, moving
around, understanding
body movements
Logical/
Mathematical
Work with numbers,
perform experiments,
solve problems
Classifying, categorizing,
identifying relationships,
recognizing patterns
Musical Sing, hum, listen to
music, play instrument
Listening to recordings,
composing music
Naturalist Work in natural
setting, explore nature,
organize
Working with nature, seeing
patterns, connecting ideas
to nature
Verbal/
Linguistic
Write, read, tell stories Reading, listening to spoken
works, writing, discussing
Visual/Spatial Draw, create, build, look Drawing, working with
pictures, creating maps and
charts, visualizing
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Checkpoint 2.2
1. What is the difference between an aptitude and an ability?
2. Why is it important to know your preferred learning style?
3. What are values?
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Figure 2-4. By answering the question posed in this chart, you will be able
to identify some of your work values.
Work Values
Ethics Do you believe in being honest and fair in all
business situations?
Independence Do you like to work as part of a team or on your own?
Variety Should your workdays be very similar or very
different?
Creativity Do you want a job that involves following directions,
or would you prefer a job where no directions exist
so you could figure them out for yourself?
Competition Do you enjoy leading or following your coworkers?
Recognition How important is it to you that others know what
you do?
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