Career values tool

Turn personality insight into clearer career tradeoffs.

Career values explain why a role can match your skills and still feel wrong. Use this tool to compare what you need from work before you treat a title, salary, or company name as the whole answer.

Step 1

Pick values

Step 2

Score fit

Step 3

Choose an experiment

Values to compare

Start with the work values that most often change fit.

Autonomy

You need enough ownership to use judgment without constant overcontrol.

Stability

You need dependable expectations, calmer risk, and trust that the system will hold.

Growth

You need challenge, stronger capability, and a visible path toward more useful work.

Meaning

You need the work to connect to a mission, value, or people impact you can respect.

Leverage

You need evidence that better thinking and better effort can change the outcome.

Trust

You need a culture where communication, leadership, and team norms feel reliable enough.

Interactive worksheet

Score how well your current or target role supports these values.

Use the sliders as a quick decision aid. A low score is not proof that you should leave, but it does show which tradeoff needs a clearer experiment or a better question.

Mixed value fit

Some important values are supported, but the role may still ask you to pay a hidden cost. Look for the lowest two values before making a bigger move.

Score: 18 / 30

Watch first: Autonomy and Stability.

Mini worksheet

Use this before a career change, promotion, or role decision.

  1. 1Pick your top three values from the list and write why each one matters in real work, not in theory.
  2. 2Score your current or target role from 1 to 5 for each selected value.
  3. 3Mark any value under 3 as a fit risk, especially if it has appeared across more than one job.
  4. 4Choose one small experiment before making a major decision: ask for more autonomy, clarify growth, reduce ambiguity, or test a better communication rhythm.

When to go deeper

If a value keeps scoring low, treat it as real signal.

A low value score does not always mean you should leave a role. It does mean the role is asking you to pay a cost. The paid report helps connect that cost to work style, stress, communication, and better next-step questions.

FAQ

What is a career values tool?

It is a structured way to identify which work conditions matter most to you, such as autonomy, stability, meaning, growth, trust, or impact.

How does this connect to personality fit?

Personality helps explain how you tend to work. Career values clarify what kind of environment and tradeoffs you can sustain.

Does this replace the TypeCompass test?

No. The tool is a decision layer. The test gives a likely pattern, while the values tool helps you apply that pattern to a real role or career move.