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Chapter 3

Defining Your Values Criteria

We recommend spending 20 minutes on this section

Now that you're developing a growth mindset, you can start prioritizing. If you don't know what you really want out of your career, the job search can feel long and endless. That's why we've provided a values criteria worksheet to help you identify what matters most to you.


This worksheet will help you identify the five most important things you're looking for in your next jobs. Having these values in mind will help you save time and energy by filtering out companies that don't really have what you're looking for.


This worksheet will help you identify the five most important things you're looking for in your next jobs. Having these values in mind will help you save time and energy by filtering out companies that don't really have what you're looking for.

Make sure you save a blank copy of the worksheet! As you interview and meet people, your values and priorities might change – or you might learn more about what you thought you wanted. It's a good idea to revisit this exercise several times as you make progress in your quest.

How do I complete the worksheet?

You will find a blank copy of the Values Criteria worksheet here. Please be sure to make a copy and save in your personal Google Drive folder.

Add your rankings to the document in your document and save it for your records.

Go ahead and iterate, it's normal!

After you're done, keep it handy – you'll be consulting it later.

Key Reflections

Look back on your responses, what felt surprising about your final responses? 

Revisit your Time Keep exercise responses. Do your values criteria feel aligned with your responses here? Would you change them at all?

It’s okay to reflect back on the relationship between these two exercises. Sit with it and feel free to come back to it!