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Beth Person

6. Zeroing in on Work Environments, Values, & How You Stand Out

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Introduction 00

Fall semester of 3L kicks off the on-campus interviewing (OCI) process and even if you are not intending to apply for a position at a large law firm, government agency, or accounting or consulting firm, it helps to have your resumé in shape and understand the characteristics that make you to "stand out" from the crowd. You can utilize the material in this report and the accompanying activities to understand more about what makes you tick, become clearer on your core values, and recognize which work environments, in the broadest sense of this term, bring out your best. You can then use this information help you identify work situations that align with your personal characteristics, principles, and preferred working conditions, thus increasing your chances of finding a superior fit.

To get the most out of the Legal Trait Analysis chapter in this report, it helps to know a few things about its format:

  • Each of the twenty-two dichotomous traits is laid out in a panel with two poles
  • Each pole is labeled with a trait name that describes those who fall on this side of the dichotomy
  • Below each trait name is a paragraph that briefly describes the behaviors associated with that trait
  • The pole that characterizes you, which is based on your results, is the one with the blue background
  • Traits on which your score was very different from the typical attorney in our sample have a yellow border
  • The green bar in the center of each trait panel indicates where the scores of the majority of the attorneys in our sample fall (you will notice that for some traits, such as Comfort with Risk, the typical attorney fell firmly on one side of the polarity, Risk-Averse, whereas for others the scores are more evenly distributed between the two poles, Urgency or Trust)
  • The smaller vertical blue bar indicates where your score falls in this distribution

Knowing how you stand out from the crowd and what matters most to you can position you to seek optimal workplaces for you, ones where you can give your best and where the environment supports you in doing so. Give yourself the best chance at workplace excellence and job satisfaction by making the most of who you are.

Workplace Fit Factors - Environment, Culture & Values 01

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This section uses your personality type to help illustrate what sort of work environments and core values suit you best.

In this section, you will see how your personality type represents the values you hold and how that coincides with which working environments will fit you best.  Finding a career that aligns with your values and provides a suitable environment for your personality type will lead to a more fulfilling and productive career.

Work environmental and cultural factors preferred by Beth

Aligning her work environment and the company’s culture with her personality type is also another important consideration in finding the right job. Her personality type prefers an environment where:

  • Management allows people to be self-directed
  • The culture appreciates fair but tough decision-making
  • The environment, culture and pace allow you to consider things fully before having to respond
  • The environment allows for freedom and flexibility and is loosely structured without too many rules

Beth's likely core values include:

For maximum job satisfaction and success, her job and her work environment should align with her core values. The list below represents common core values for her personality type.

  • Demonstrated competence
  • Achievement
  • Creativity
  • Ingenuity
  • Knowledge
  • Constant learning
  • Excellence
  • Perfection
  • Independence
  • New challenges
  • Being calm, emotion free
  • Logic
  • Minimal repetitive work
  • Rewards and recognition are for problem solving in creative and innovative ways
  • The ability to work without much direction is appreciated
Workplace Fit Factors - Environment, Culture & Values Authors
Original work by: Michael Robinson © Step Research Corporation