Dick Knowdell Values Card Sort

(THIS IS FEE BASED)

The Dick Knowdell Values Card Sort is a career development tool designed to help individuals identify and clarify their personal and workplace values. The resource uses a series of value-based cards containing words and phrases related to priorities such as achievement, creativity, security, leadership, work-life balance, service, and recognition. Through a guided sorting process, participants rank and categorize the values that are most and least important to them, helping to create a clearer understanding of what motivates their decisions and contributes to personal satisfaction.

The Values Card Sort can help you better define your core values and understand how they influence your academic, career, and life choices. By identifying what matters most to you, the activity can support career exploration, decision-making, goal setting, and the evaluation of potential employers or work environments. It also encourages self-reflection and can help you articulate your priorities more confidently during networking, interviewing, and career planning conversations. 

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    • Years 1 - 2: Helpful for identifying core work and life values early to begin exploring academic and career paths.

    • Years 3 - 4: Valuable for exploring career possibilities that align with career values.

    • Undecided Students: Useful for serving as a tool for self-reflection and value prioritization to maintain consistency with career decision making. 

    • Guidance: Online card sort self-guided with career advisor interpretation recommended. 

    • Career & Self-Development

    • Critical Thinking

    • Students: Identify personal values, understand intrinsic motivations, and help guide career decisions.

    • Faculty/Staff: Supporting students in self-reflection and values identification in 1:1 career advising and group advising/workshops.

Implementation: 

  • One-on-one advising: In career advising appointments with students of all academic years. 

  • Group advising/workshops: For values clarification discussions and activities.

  • Classroom integration: First-year seminars, career development courses.