Do You Love Your Job?

Posted March 6, 2009 by Bernz

Being employed is something we aspire to for many reasons: it puts food on the table, it helps us to build experience, and it helps us to develop our social and professional networks. But one question that most of us rarely entertain is “Do I love my job?”

Not everyone can get up in the morning, bounce out of bed, and be excited about another day at work. Although some people can find the joy in anything, I would imagine that many slaughterhouse workers, sanitation engineers and debt collectors are more concerned with the money and not the fulfillment.

But you should love what you do for many reasons. The most important reason is that you’re going to be doing it at least 40 hours a week. You’ll spend more time at your job than eating, sleeping, or playing with your kids. Grinding through 40 hours a week of drudgery and duty can be just as bad as having a continual dental drilling.

Also, people who love what they do innovate. Caring about your job leads to developing more skills and elevating the role above the minimum required standards. Innovators and workers who are continually upgrading their knowledge are the ones who keep their jobs in a recession like the one we’re experiencing now.

What happens if you don’t love your job? It can be difficult to think about job satisfaction during a time when having a job at all is cause for celebration, but finding the “job of your dreams” can actually make you more of a catch for your employer.

Start by assessing whether you can turn your existing job into the job of your dreams. If you like what you do but continually run up against frustrating road blocks, discuss those with your employer and explain how you could be more productive (and happy!) if you were allowed to remove those road blocks.

If you are going to look for your dream job elsewhere, keep your current job in the meantime. A steady paycheck is worth a lot in the current economic climate. Also, tipping off your boss that you are looking elsewhere gives him or her the excuse needed for letting you go, perhaps before you’re ready.

Finding the job of your dreams is not an impossibility. All it takes is a little hard work and faith.


More On This Topic:

The Cost of a Second Job
The Cost of a Second Job
Bartering Away the Recession
Bartering Away the Recession
Cash is King Once Again
Cash is King Once Again

Leave a Reply

(required)

(will not be published) (required)


« Back to text comment

Disclaimer:

All the articles and content written here on Invesmint.com is for general information only and based solely on the authors personal opinions and discretion. It was not and should not be a substitute for professional advice. Visitors of this site (Invesmint.com) are encouraged to seek appropriate professional advice before acting upon the content or information from this site. Again, the content of this website is not a source for professional advice.

INVESMINT.COM hereby excludes liability for any claims, losses, demands, or damages of any kind whatsoever with regard to any information, content, or services provided at our web site, including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential loss or damages, compensatory damages, loss of profits, or data, or otherwise.