Career Choice Consequences
Here are considerations that might affect
your career choice.
Potential Gains or Losses for Self or Significant
Others *
| Time available to be with family |
Fringe benefits like hospitalization
insurance |
| Job security |
Time for leisure activities |
| Income |
Do the things that I value |
| Job stress |
Travel |
| Do things that I enjoy |
Associate with people I like to be
with |
| Work hazards |
Part-time or full time work |
| Flexible hours |
Social status |
| Geographical location |
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Potential Sources of Approval or Disapproval from
Self or Significant
Others *
| Contributions to society or good causes |
| Opportunity to fulfill life goals |
| How well you can meet the demands
of the job |
| Extent to which you must compromise
your principles |
| Extent to which work is "more than
just a job" |
| Ability to which you can meet financial
goals |
| Extent to which you can rise to a
certain level of social status or material wealth |
| Opportunity to express your creativity |
| Extent to which you can accomplish
what you value |
* "Significant Others" includes parents,
wife (or husband), other family members, close friends,
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