NATURE OF JOB CRITICAL TO ACHIEVING EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION

How very interesting! I have been saying for years now, that people have to find their passions and then that is generally the type of work that they need to do! Too many people are in jobs, just to put the food on the table rather than to motivate, invigorate and get them passionately working at what they love to do - for me this is a very sad and sorry state of affairs.

Nature of job critical to achieving employee satisfaction
04 September 2007 at 08h38

Montreal - Only one in three Canadians is "very satisfied" at work and the country will face difficulties attracting new workers, according to a study published on Monday. "It should be of concern that only about one-third of all workers are very satisfied with their jobs and that fewer than one in five employees are very positive about multiple dimensions of job quality," the Canadian Policy Research Network said in its report."

"The report provides solid Canadian evidence that the nature of a job and the environment in which people work are critical to achieving employee satisfaction," the report's author Graham Lowe wrote. Lowe examined a number of job quality indicators and found a mixed picture. Job security, earnings and workplace health and safety have improved in the past 15 years. But job satisfaction and job-related training have stalled with other indicators worsening, including job stress, work-life balance and union membership, the report said.

Three in 10 Canadians view their work as "somewhat" or "very stressful," said the report which was released on the Labour Day holiday celebrated in North America.

With Canada's workforce ageing, and skilled workers at a premium, the report says job quality will become increasingly important to retaining workers. Some 55 percent of Canadians were "well satisfied" with their jobs, said study, it said. Canada depends on its immigrant workforce, as its own grows older. In 2006, 38 percent of the country's workers were over 45 years of age.Canada will welcome some 240 000 to 265 000 immigrants next year, a rise over 2007, in part due to immigrating professionals. However, immigrants complain that finding the right job poses an obstacle to their integration into society, because foreign-earned training is often not recognised and employers demand experience on Canadian soil, the study said.

According to a report released in August by Statistics Canada, Canada's workforce numbers about 18 million, out of a population of 32 million. - Sapa-AFP