Source: Lapham’s Quarterly
Related Post: Best Jobs in America
Be grateful. Be VERY grateful for your current job.
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Best Jobs in America
September 9, 2012 by 11 Comments
Click on image above and then click again on the image in the article for a full size view of the Best Jobs In America. No surprise – Technology, Healthcare, Telecom and Professional Services rank high on the list. Interesting research and findings. Best Jobs:
- Online Affiliates posting links for Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter (Categorized as high pay, low stress).
- Mathematician
- Actuary
- Statistician
- Computer systems analyst
Hit msnbc.com for full article titled “Want a Tough Job? Do the Math.”
Source: Thank you eclectipundit.com for the share.
- Note: Rachel/Eric, I hope you are reading and digesting this too!
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Feeling Blah about work?
June 26, 2012 by 14 Comments
I received some backchannel email blow-back on my last post (10 Most Loved Jobs. And 10 Most Hated) and the related posts on Doing What You Love. (Whispering to me: Here you go again. Not everyone is in the situation YOU are in. Try to walk in someone else’s shoes for a change. Tired of you preaching about Doing. What. You. Love. Some of us can’t walk away to a lesser paying job to Do.What.We.Love. We need to pay the bills. We can’t relo away from aging parents, family, friends. We can’t walk away from our house and the mortgage. We need to keep the Don’t-Love-My-Job we have.)
OK. I get it. Yet so many are unhappy. Feel stuck. Are unfulfilled. Or are frustrated in their current station. The three articles below share some excellent advice on how to make the most of the current job you are in. My Cliff-Notes recap is summarized here:
- Do. (Continue) to do an excellent job.
- Connect. (Develop deeper relationships with people you work with)
- Learn. (Learn & apply new skills and knowledge which will fuel higher levels of engagement)
- Contribute. (Achievement and contribution gives us a higher sense of purpose.)
- Don’t Complain. (…And drag down your colleagues and pollute your brand.)
“There’s no justification for an employee to wait expectantly for the organization to furnish engagement, as if it’s something somebody can give you. The key to sustainable high engagement is taking primary responsibility for it. Now is the time to own your own engagement. (FastCompany)
Here’s the 3 self-help articles on the topic…
10 Most Loved Jobs…(and the 10 most hated)
June 24, 2012 by 21 Comments
From the HBR Blog Network: Happiness Will Not Be Downloaded. I draw the line on a solve being fixing things yourself 
otherwise a great post. A few excerpts from the post below along with the charts for the 10 Most Loved Jobs and the 10 Most Hated…
“…The proliferation of cooking shows, blogs, celebrity chefs…taps into something more primal: it’s one of the last jobs that still does what most of us don’t — make things…In this sterile, white-collar world, where meat comes from ShopRite and homes are built by “guest workers,” cooking is the last physical job many of us can relate to.”
Do what you love (for 63 years!!)…
March 20, 2012 by 40 Comments
My post from earlier in the month “Do What You Love” was Freshly Pressed by WordPress on Thursday. In less than 5 days, the post has had 4076 hits, 214 comments and we’re still counting. The topic hit a cord with many WordPress bloggers who are unhappy in their current job or find themselves “stuck” in the job they are in. Generally, the response from many was that Paul Graham’s essay inspired them to press on.
Coincidently, I happened to be flying yesterday when a colleague shared this NY Times story with me. (Thanks CP). I appreciated this story because I see myself in Mr. Akana…love the work, proud of the firm, fascinating clients, wonderful colleagues and a continuous learning environment. I would wish this good fortune on everyone. But we digress…back to the story. [Read more…]
Live & Learn 