Job Satisfaction Is Worth The Pursuit
Newcastle Herald
Friday September 26, 2008
A RECENT survey showed that as many as 88 per cent of all people in employment are actually dissatisfied with their job.
They keep turning up to the workplace day after day but they would rather be elsewhere. They feel that they are stuck in a rut and every day the rut gets a little deeper. Workplace dissatisfaction can make life a grind. Not only does it have an impact on the worker, but it can be a dark cloud that follows the sufferer all the way home. Family and friends can be affected. Relationships can suffer. Despite that, not all of the workers who consider themselves to be unhappy look for another job. They can be restricted by fear, hamstrung by loyalty or bound by tradition. Others, however, decide that life is too short. Not only do they look for another job but, when they find one that suits, they take it. The gap between desire and decision is wide and dangerous but it is a gap that can be bridged. There are companies out there that offer career assessments. They specialise in the close examination of candidates, assessing both their potential and their ability. Those companies can then recommend a job direction or they may even suggest further education and training. The advantage is that individual Sad Sacks then have something independent to consider. They can weigh up their options from a perspective other than their own. Professional assessment and recommendation can head off hasty and potentially regrettable decisions. The only thing worse than persisting with a job that leaves you unfulfilled and unhappy is finding something worse.
© 2008 Newcastle Herald
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