How Do You Define Career Satisfaction?

January 1st, 2010

Here’s a good question to start your year off: How do you define career satisfaction?

My career has a few pieces to it, which I think is part of my career satisfaction. I enjoy juggling several different tasks at one time and each of the “jobs” I do feeds me in a different way. 

As a writer, it’s about telling the best compelling and authentic story for the goal of the assignment, whether it be a bio, a resume, a blog post, an article, a speech,  or some other piece of written (or, in the case of a speech, verbal) communication. When I am doing my corporate work, it’s about solving a big problem or completing a project in a smart way. And when I am doing career consulting, I am helping my clients find the balance of between what they get the most personal satisfaction doing with where they can make the most money (along with some other factors which allow us to design and implement a strategy).

So, for me, career satisfaction boils down to storytelling, problem-solving, and helping others find their own source of career satisfaction.

What about you?

 

Photo courtesy of stagewhisper.

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Filed under: mid-career professionals, miscellaneous career advice

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