Work and Its Benefits: More Than Just a Job
This activity aims to help students recognize the different benefits of employment including financial, community, social, and personal growth.
There are many benefits to working. The reasons you work may be the same or different from other people. Let’s talk through the financial (money), personal, social, community and other benefits of working.
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Discuss
After learning about reasons people, let’s think about why you would want to work.
Try using these different prompting questions to continue or start conversation.
- What reasons are important to you to work?
- If you have not considered working before, would you now?
- If you have worked before, was it a good match? What were your reasons for working?
Extending the Conversation
To explore what motivates you to work, here are some Work Values quizzes to help you better understand and know yourself.
- Work Values (Printable) Printable option that shows options for work values and ways to organize what is most important to you.
- Career OneStop - Work Values (Online) This assessment assists students clarify values to match with careers. Students drag and drop 20 values cards into a graphic organizer based on the level of importance. Results will match values to careers/ jobs.
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Add to Your Student Career Profile - What Motivates You.