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What attracts you to certain work and career choices?

What are workplace attractors? There are lots of factors that influence people when making career choices. Some of us are looking for a sense of security, others for increased responsibility. This model proposes that the following 10 workplace attractors play a key role in how people make career choices: security, location, relationships, recognition, contribution, work fit, flexibility, learning, responsibility, innovation.)

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Comments: Amundson (2006) explored some of the factors that people consider when making career choices. He then produced a model of workplace attractorsthat influence career choice. The workplace attractor model enables you to identify your most important workplace factors and how these have influenced your career choices. By providing you with a clearer understanding of your orientation toward work, your motives, values, and self-perceived talents, will help you to make plan your work life and career decisions. The relative importance of workplace attractors may change over time. As we grow, reflect on experiences and undergo different life events, our priorities can change and these can influence the relative importance that we place on workplace attractors.

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Exercise – The Student Wheel

The following exercise The Student wheel is a tool that helps you map out your current situation. The Student Wheel is divided into eight areas that are important for how your studies are going. Reflect on each of these and mark or fill in where you are today on a scale from 0 to 10. The number 0, at the center of the wheel, means you are less satisfied. The number 10, at the outer edge of the wheel, means you are more satisfied.

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Exercise – Make the Best Use of Your Time

There are many different ways to study as effectively as possible. Below are The Study Habits Checklist with some examples of methods that students find helpful. Read through the statements and reflect on whether you recognize yourself in them. Check the boxes for yes or no.

Study Habits Checklist

I have a positive attitude towards my studies and find studying enjoyable. Yes No

I regularly set aside time to work on my studies. Yes No

I start working in time when I receive assignments that have a set deadline. Yes No

I get up in the morning and start studying even on days when my lectures/exercises begin later. Yes No

I use the gaps in my schedule to study. Yes No

I turn off my phone when I study. Yes No

I review my notes before I start studying. Yes No

I have a clear order of priorities for my studies so that I will manage to complete all assignments. Yes No

I finish one task before starting the next. Yes No

I take short breaks in my studies. Yes No

I return to my studies immediately after the break. Yes No

I have study partners I collaborate with and can contact if I get stuck. Yes No

I write down questions I need to ask my teachers. Yes No

I study continuously throughout the course. Yes No

I prepare for lectures by reading through the chapters that will be covered. Yes No

After the lecture, I process my notes and discuss the lecture with my study partners. Yes No

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