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“Looking for satisfaction and happiness in a career? Start by choosing a job that helps others”

Filed under Career Exploration, On the Job
Posted by Libraries, May 23, 2007
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University of Chicago News Office, 4/17/07

A new report from the University of Chicago titled “Job Satisfaction in the United States” discovered that the highest job satisfaction is found amongst those whose careers focus on ‘caring for, teaching, and protecting others and (following) creative pursuits.” The top three professions for job satisfaction are clergy, firefighters, and physical therapists, while the other end of the scale mostly comprises low-skill, manual, and service occupations.

To read the press release with more statistics and information about the survey, see:
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/07/070417.jobs.shtml

To view the complete findings, see the PDF of the report:
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/07/pdf/070417.jobs.pdf

—Hagar Shirman

 

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