How well you fit the culture of a workplace can make the difference between job search success and failure. Organizations screen candidates for culture fit. Don't you think you should evaluate that fit as well? Discover how to better understand yourself and the culture of an organization and decide if it is right for you. Find a meaningful workplace where people are making a contribution and practicing the principles and values that matter to you. Go to www.SheilaMargolis.com to learn more about culture fit.

1. Job Seeker Manual
Use CULTURE FIT to Find the
Right Workplace
for YOU
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2. Is your workplace a place where
you thrive?
Are you looking for the right
workplace?
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3. Most people seek a job that is a fit
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4. People must also evaluate a company for their fit
with the culture of the organization
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5. •Meaningfulness
•Harmony
Job fit and culture fit are important because
they imply the presence of two important
values:
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6. Find meaningfulness and harmony with job fit
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7. Is there meaningfulness in the work you do?
Job FIT
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8. Are you doing the right work?
Harmony with the job
What I Love
to Do
What the
Company
Will Pay
Me To Do
What I Am
Good At
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Job FIT
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9. “…the only way to do great work is
to love what you do.
If you haven't found it yet,
keep looking.”
--Steve Jobs
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10. Achieve meaningfulness and harmony with
culture fit
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11. Is the company’s Purpose meaningful to you?
Culture FIT
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12. Are your values in harmony with the company
values?
Individual
Values
Company
Values
Culture FIT
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13. •Increased vitality
•Lower stress
levels
•Increased overall
well-being
Being one’s true self at work has great benefits
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14. Follow these steps for evaluating culture fit
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15. Understanding Yourself
Purpose and Principles
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16. Source: Job Seeker Manual, Margolis, 2016
Uncover your Purpose and your Principles
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17. Uncover your Purpose by answering these
questions
• What are the things I love to do and find deeply satisfying?
• What causes really matter to me?
• What topics do I often read about?
• What event or experience in my life has driven me to care
about a particular issue?
• If I did not have to work, what would I do?
• What would I choose to do if I knew I could not fail?
• In what way would I like to make a contribution to society
through my work?
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18. Screen your Purpose options against these five
criteria
Personal Purpose
Statement Options
(circle those that meet
all criteria)
Is it a
contribution to
society?
Am I willing to
work hard at it?
Does it really
matter to me?
Is the statement
brief in length?
Is the statement
broad in scope?
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19. Next, uncover the values that matter to you…
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20. Screen your values against these criteria
Values
“Very Important”
(circle those that meet all criteria)
Is this value
very important
to me?
Does it guide
how I live?
Would I require
this value at my
workplace?
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21. Understanding the
Organization’s Culture
Purpose, Philosophy and Priorities
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22. Source: Job Seeker Manual, Margolis, 2016
Evaluate the Core Culture of an organization: its
Purpose, Philosophy & Priorities
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Core
Culture
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23. Activity: Identify
the Purpose
Step 1. Ask these Purpose questions:
• What is the Purpose of the organization?
• Why is that important?
Step 2. Screen Options Against the Purpose
Criteria
Purpose
Options
Taken
from
Step 1
Is it a
contribution
to society—
not a
product or
service?
Does it
answer the
question:
Why is the
work
important?
Does it
inspire and
motivate?
Is the
statement
brief in
length?
Is the
statement
broad in
scope?
YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO
YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO
Step 3. If it meets all criteria, the Purpose is:
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24. Activity: Identify
the Philosophy
Step 1. Ask these Philosophy questions:
•What values are fundamental and distinctive to
the organization since its founding?
•What values are central to the organization that
should never change?
Step 2. Screen Options Against the Philosophy
Criteria
Philosophy
Options
Taken from
Step 1
Is it a
prime
principle
or value?
Does it
guide how
employees
work?
Do employees
consider it a
source of the
organization’s
distinctiveness?
Does it
describe the
company’s
personality
or character?
Has this
principle or
value
endured
over time?
YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO
YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO
Step 3. The Philosophy is:
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25. Activity: Identify
the Priorities
Step 1. Ask these Priorities questions:
• What are the goals of the organization?
• What values must guide how employees
work in order to achieve these goals?
Step 2. Screen Options Against the Priorities
Criteria
Priorities
Options
Taken from
Step 1
Is it a key value
and an
important
standard to
guide behavior?
Do leaders
believe it will
enhance the
ability to
compete and
thrive?
Does the value
support the
strategy or
goals?
YES NO YES NO YES NO
YES NO YES NO YES NO
YES NO YES NO YES NO
Step 3. The Priorities are:
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26. Auditing for Culture Fit
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27. Are you a fit?
List Your
Purpose and
Principles
List the Company
Purpose, Philosophy &
Priorities
Evaluate Your Fit with
the Company Purpose,
Philosophy & Priorities
My Purpose: Purpose:
1 2 3
Not Somewhat Very
My Principles: Philosophy:
1 2 3
Not Somewhat Very
Priorities:
1 2 3
Not Somewhat Very
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28. Closing
Decide where you will
thrive?
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29. Understand yourself and
the culture of the workplace.
Find the right place, and
live the life you were meant to live.
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