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Who Doesn’t Hate His Job ? A Monster.com survey
Monster.com and market research company GfK conducted the study, which revealed that only 53% of Americans actively enjoy their jobs, and 15% actively dislike them. Canadians, meanwhile, took top prize for having the cheeriest workforce: 64% of Canadians like their jobs, while only 7% hate what they do Continue reading
IT Workers / 35 percent plan to look for another job in the next year survey finds
It’s challenging to find great information technology (IT) employees, but keeping them may be even harder, new research from Robert Half Technology suggests. Although most Chief Information Officers (CIOs) recently surveyed (70 percent) rate their workers’ satisfaction levels fairly high, more than one-third (35 percent) of IT workers polled said they plan to look for … Continue reading
Job Satisfaction / Only 13% motivated by the prospect of a bonus survey finds
But a good basic salary was deemed important, with 49% saying they were motivated by how much they were paid
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US / 56% consider their current job “not on course at all”
The poll results also show that only 6% of respondents’ current jobs are “totally on course” with their career visions Continue reading
Happiness at Work / Making a difference in the job we already have
The manic pursuit of happiness has left many people upset — worried they will never enjoy work unless they choose “the perfect career.” Some of us also believe we will feel trapped in a job where we aren’t “doing what we love.” But it’s not that simple — or desperate. In his New York Times … Continue reading
Employees don’t leave companies, they leave managers
What employees are saying is that they want their managers to open up with them and better explain responsibilities and expectations Continue reading
US / The 50 Best Cities for Employment Satisfaction
US – The 50 Best Cities for Employment Satisfaction: The Glassdoor Employment Satisfaction Report Card by City Continue reading
US / 68 percent willing to take pay cut for more personally meaningful careers
Today’s top professionals and recent graduates expect their careers to provide more than just an income, a survey released by Philips North America found. The Philips Work/Life Survey examined key factors of Americans’ job happiness, with a particular focus on their ability to bring personal interests to their workplace career as a way to create … Continue reading
China / Govt workers least satisfied
Government employees in China are the unhappiest with their job compared to their compatriots in other industries, according to a survey conducted by the Institute of Psychology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the recruitment website zhaopin.com. Among 9,072 respondents surveyed, government employees rank the last in 12 industries in terms of self-satisfaction, with … Continue reading
The decline in job satisfaction and employee engagement
“The decline in job satisfaction and employee engagement revealed by the Government’s Skills and Employment Survey makes for worrying reading for businesses, the economy and wider society. But CIPD research shows that the voluntary sector appears to be bucking this trend, with valuable lessons to be learned for the private and public sectors. Nevertheless, we … Continue reading
Job Satisfaction: UK vs Europe
It may appear the UK is a connoisseur in the job satisfaction market, and that the double dip recession is the antidote for increasing happiness at work, but there is a caveat: our European compatriots are fields ahead of us in this area: The stark reality is the satisfaction we have with our jobs and … Continue reading
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