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10. Work Satisfactions - Pt 3What Satisfactions Do You Want From Work?
This worksheet lists groups of certain features of jobs which are often important to people because they give them satisfaction.
Think about each statement carefully.
Using the scale below, write down the number which describes how accurately you think or feel.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Not me at all Sometimes I think this DEFINITELY me!
When you have finished each group, add up your score for that group and write it in the 'Total' space at the bottom.
GROUP ONE
My job must:
- provide opportunities to sort out problems
- allow me to do something useful
- let me see something for my efforts
- be able to be done efficiently
- have good working conditions
- let me use my hands
- perform a useful function in the community
- provide honest information or service
- provide time to enjoy other aspects of life
- allow me to work with things/objects rather than with books/ideas
TOTAL SCORE GROUP ONE = .........
GROUP TWO
My job must:
- allow me to carry out decisions I make
- let me try out new ideas
- allow me to express an opinion
- allow me to enjoy freedom from close supervision
- let me organise work for others to do
- have opportunities for promotion to senior levels
- let me make decisions for myself
- allow me to mostly be my own boss
- allow me to tell others what to do
- allow me to influence others
TOTAL SCORE GROUP TWO = .........
GROUP THREE
My job must:
- give me a feeling of achievement
- let me meet people
- let me teach others what I know
- be one where I'm really needed
- make me feel appreciated
- give me an opportunity to be known for my abilities
- be seen by society as "useful"
- let me get some occasional praise or thanks
- allow me to show others what I can do
- increase my self-confidence
TOTAL SCORE GROUP THREE = .........
GROUP FOUR
My job must:
- keep me busy most of the time
- make me feel that I am useful
- allow me to plan for the future
- not be risky or dangerous
- have good working conditions
- have opportunities for promotion
- include provisions for retirement
- be well paid for the work done
- be one I can make a career out of
- be one where I know exactly what I must do
TOTAL SCORE GROUP FOUR = .........
GROUP FIVE
My job must:
- allow me to get things done
- provide opportunities to follow what really interests me
- allow me to see something for my efforts
- have opportunities for promotion
- let me become independent
- allow me to further develop my knowledge and abilities
- provide some challenging work for me to do
- allow me to attain status/prestige in the firm/community
- allow me to achieve something with my life
- enable me to get the material things that go with being successful
TOTAL SCORE GROUP FIVE = .........
GROUP SIX
My job must:
- give me a chance to be with people
- let me work closely with others
- help other people
- give me a chance to help people with problems
- allow me to share my interests with others
- provide a useful function in the community
- provide opportunities to meet a range of different people
- give me a chance to hear what others think/feel
- provide occasional praise/thanks for work done
- give me a chance to understand people
TOTAL SCORE GROUP SIX = .........
GROUP SEVEN
My job must:
- allow me to acquire and pass on information
- let me try out new ideas
- allow me to share my ideas with others
- be one where I know what is going on
- allow me to further develop my abilities/knowledge
- allow me to organise and analyse information
- provide some challenging work
- improve my understanding of certain things
- allow time for discussion about work with others
- provide opportunities for me to broaden my horizons
TOTAL SCORE GROUP SEVEN = .........
GROUP EIGHT
My job must:
- give me a chance to work with pleasant things
- allow me to be creative
- provide pleasant surroundings for me to work in
- let me use my talents fully
- let me express myself in my work
- let me try out new ideas
- improve my understanding/appreciation of nature and/or culture
- leave opportunities for me to enjoy the nice aspects of life
- be pleasing to my senses
- enable my work to be appreciated by others
TOTAL SCORE GROUP EIGHT = .........
Which group/s showed as being most important for you?
Do you think this is an accurate picture of what you really want to get from work?
Think of three jobs you'd like to do.
Would these jobs give you the satisfactions you've said were important (from the graph)?
If not, should you try to think of other jobs which would provide those satisfactions?
Listed below are the names of some people and some statements they are likely to make. Try to decide which of the eight groups (from the exercise above) they might belong to.
- A. I'd like my life to be as safe as possible, so that I can cope with the unexpected without difficulty.
Secure Sam/Polly the Planner
- B. I gain great satisfaction by finding out everything I can about my job so I can become expert at it.
Curious Cathy/Knowledgeable Noel
- C. I am not happy being a follower and would rather exert some power over others.
Influential Ingrid/Responsible Robert
- D. I prefer people who notice the good job that I do- I love receiving attention from others.
Appreciated Allan/Noticed Nelly
- E. I value useful, worthwhile things which help make life more comfortable.
Practical Pauline/Productive Phil
- F. I like to be in pleasant surroundings, working with the artistic skills and talents that l/others have.
Aesthetic Alice/Creative Christopher
- G. I gain much self-satisfaction by getting results in my job, and by handling challenges well.
Andy the Achiever/Successful Samantha
- H. I much prefer to work and be with other people, and feel as if I can do something useful for them.
Sociable Susie/Friendly Fred
Are you game enough to find out what the genie has in store for you?
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