| Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
| Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
| Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
| Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
| Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
| Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
| Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
| Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
| Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
| Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
| Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
| Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
| Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
| Self Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
| Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
| Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations. |
| Ability Utilization | Workers on this job make use of their individual abilities. |
| Achievement | Workers on this job get a feeling of accomplishment. |
| Achievement-Mean Extent | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
| Autonomy | Workers on this job plan their work with little supervision. |
| Co-workers | Workers on this job have co-workers who are easy to get along with. |
| Creativity | Workers on this job try out their own ideas. |
| Independence | Workers on this job do their work alone. |
| Independence-Mean Extent | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employs to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
| Moral Values | Workers on this job are never pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong. |
| Recognition | Workers on this job receive recognition for the work they do. |
| Recognition-Mean Extent | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
| Responsibility | Workers on this job make decisions on their own. |
| Social Status | Workers on this job are looked up to by others in their company and their community. |