Top 10 Values

I started getting back into the blog thing for my new Career and Major explorations course. I'm taking it to make sure that I really want to be an Elementary School Teacher like I say I want to be. So here goes:

Top 10 Values

1. Security-I need to be a job that is secure. I don’t want to be looking for a new job all the time. That’s very hard on a family.
2. Stability-I really strongly want a job that has stable work all year. I don’t want to be in construction where it is really only a seasonal job.
3. Benefits-You never know if I will get married or if my husband’s job will have benefits. I really think they are really important especially for a family.
4. Respects My Values-If my job doesn’t respect my values and me as a person then I can’t imagine myself staying with the job very long.
5. Helping People-I really like helping people and making their lives easier. I like having people smile.
6. Close to family-I am really close with my family and I don’t think I could move out of state just to take a job.
7. Satisfaction with my job-I really want to be satisfied with my work. If I don’t think that it’s important and contributing to the better good, then I don’t really see a point in doing that job.
8. Flexible work hours-I want to be able to have a family and be a mother as well as a member of the work force. That means I really need flexible hours to make that happen.
9. Allows a Balance in life-I really need to be able to balance a home, work, church and other things in my life. I really don’t want work to seriously interfere with that.
10. Fun Work Environment-If you don’t have fun at your job, then it’s really miserable.
Many of these values will determine what kind of job I get and where it is located. I really don’t think this list will change a whole lot considering I think this list is pretty reasonable.