Framework

The 5 Career Values types

What you are optimising for when a trade-off gets real: growth, achievement, autonomy, stability, or impact. Everyone wants all five. The types are about which one wins when they collide, and that is the one that predicts whether you stay.

Take the Career Values test20 questions · 3 min · free

How the result is decided

Each answer adds to one of 5 facets. Whichever facet ends up highest names your type, so the result is about what leads rather than what is absent.

GrowthAchievementAutonomyStabilityImpact

All 5 types

The Seedbedabout 16% of peopleYou'll leave a good job for an unfinished one, every time, if it's still teaching you something.The Rippleabout 20% of peopleIf your work doesn't change someone's life, it doesn't feel like work at all.The Freehandabout 18% of peopleYou'd rather build it alone and imperfect than shared and slow.The Foundationabout 22% of peopleYou pick the floor that holds over the door that opens.The Summitabout 24% of peopleYou measure your worth in wins, and forget the view doesn't clap back.

Is this you?

The Career Values test is 20 questions and takes about 3 minutes. Your result carries your own numbers, not just the name.

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