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Motivators & Careers

Align Your Inner Drives with Fulfilling Careers

Understanding your core motivators - Aesthetic, Theoretical, Individualistic, Social, Traditional, and Utilitarian - can illuminate your ideal career path. Explore your top two motivators in the list below: watch video interviews where professionals discuss how their primary motivators influence their daily work, alongside their top skills and DISC behaviors, and get tips about finding fulfilling activities and jobs.

Traditional

Rewards those who value traditions inherent in social structure, rules, regulations and principles.

Aesthetic

Rewards those who value balance in their lives, creative self-expression, beauty, and nature.

Social

Rewards those who value opportunities to be of service to others and contribute to the progress and well being of society.

Theoretical

Rewards those who value knowledge for knowledge’s sake, continuing education and intellectual growth.

Individualistic

Rewards those who value personal recognition, freedom and control over their own destiny and others.

Utilitarian

Rewards those who value practical accomplishments, results and rewards for their investments of time, resources and energy.

Understand your core drivers and their connection to career choices

Each motivator—such as Theoretical, Utilitarian, or Aesthetic—corresponds with specific RIASEC types, a model categorizing careers based on interests and work environments. For instance, a strong Theoretical motivator aligns with the Investigative RIASEC type, indicating a preference for analytical and intellectual pursuits. By exploring these connections, you can identify careers that resonate with your intrinsic motivations, leading to greater job satisfaction and personal fulfillment.

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