You can think of “engagement with world of work” as the types of projects or work you are drawn to, interested in and allow you to actualize the impacts you would like to have in your career. Values have been described as the why of what you do in your career and inform your impacts. Engagement with the world of work, then, reflects how we would like to make our intended impacts possible.
Engagement with the world of work can be rooted in your skills, your values and needs and/or in the impacts you’d like to make. It may also be influenced by trends and opportunities within the labour market and/or your chosen industry. Each of these categories can help inform how you choose to engage with the world of work: