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3-1 Career Lifestyle Preferences to Consider

For each item below, mark how important each lifestyle preference item is to you and
your job, and jot down your thoughts on why.

Level of Importance My Thoughts (such as why

you chose this answer or
My Lifestyle Preferences your experience related to
this topic)
High Medium Low

In my industry I could have

Stability: My job isn’t expected to
☐ ☒ ☐ many jobs because of the
change much.
turnover

Security: This company will always be I would love to be able to

here for me, and I will be able to work ☐ ☒ ☐ find a job that I want to spend
here for a long time. a good amount of time with

Purpose: This job helps me be part of I like to feel like I am making

something bigger to help the world or ☐ ☒ ☐ a difference in the customers
other people. lives

This helps me to feel

Independent: When I work, I can do it
☐ ☒ ☐ confident in the work that I
my way with minimal direction.
am doing

Entrepreneurial: I have a large amount I would like to be able to be

of ownership and ability to innovate creative and present new
and implement new ideas. I will take ☐ ☒ ☐ ideas
risks to find new markets, products,
and profit.

I would love to have the

Competence: I have the chance to do confidence to know I am
good work every day and improve my ☒ ☐ ☐ doing to job right but also the
skills with experience and training. guidance to become better.
No one is perfect

Challenge: This job gives me tough As long as I enjoy the work it

problems and issues that I can solve ☐ ☒ ☐ doesn’t matter to me if I don’t
using my skills and knowledge. get tough problems

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Balance: When I l leave the job, I can I would like to have a life
leave it behind and focus on my life ☒ ☐ ☐ outside of my work but in my
outside of work. industry its not very likely

My end goal is to open a food

Advancement: I have the opportunity
truck so gaining some
to advance to manage more people ☐ ☐ ☒
experience at entry level jobs
and business.
first is important

Flexibility: I have the ability to define I like to have input in where I

how I get the results of the work, ☐ ☒ ☐ fit best in the job place that I
including when and where I best work. work at

List your two most important career lifestyle preferences, and describe why these are
important to you.

1. Being able to have other hobbies on the side of my job is important to me because I
love playing my instruments and with school right now I haven’t been able to play any of
them as often as I would like

2. I would also just like to find a nice balance so that I can find time to travel as well
because I love traveling and have already done a bunch of it in my lifetime

Jot down your thoughts about what types of industries or jobs might provide this
lifestyle. Owning my own place like a food truck will give my more of a life because
depending in where they are located you might not need to be open all the time.

Add your completed work to the “About Me” section of your Career Builder Files.

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