What percentage of the Australian working population do you think are satisfied with their jobs? Here’s what the latest figures show provided by CMyPeople/Galaxy Research in 2008.
1. Working Australians totaling 2.2 million are generally dissatisfied in their chosen job, career or profession. Now, I don’t need to tell you that this is a huge chunk of the Australian working population.
2. More than half of Australian workers did not plan their careers but instead fell into them. This most likely is a leading factor toward general dissatisfaction in one’s job career or profession, hence the statistics in the previous point.
3. Almost two-thirds of the Australian workforce are considering a new job or career. Power to these individuals, it is never too late to make a change! You just have to look at the amount of mature-age individuals attending university degrees. When I was undertaking my Psychology degree a few years back, the mature aged individuals outnumbered those fresh out of high school. In fact, it was not unusual to see students aged well over 45 years of age and I witnessed this across other programs including the Arts, Education and Business just to name a few.
4. Australian workers totaling 75% complain of being pigeonholed by employers because of their present jobs. To ensure that this does not continue, work on developing your resume to show transferability of skills and diversity. I’ll be devoting an entire blog in the next week or so covering this particular area in depth.
5. Of the 25% of Australian workers who actively plan their careers or professions, over 80% were satisfied with their current jobs. For those of you who are dissatisfied, it may be a worthwhile investment in seeking the services of a business which offers specialised career and competency assessment tools. These tools are an objective (and scientifically validated) guide and may help to steer you in the right direction; and provide you with the motivation and desire to embrace change and to simply go for it. Remember to look at change as a positive; you never know the fruits that lie ahead especially when embracing something new.
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Cheers,
Annie Cerone
