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What is the least stressful job in the world? Are they hiring?
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Interesting question. It can be taken many ways.
I'd say ...
"What causes stress to one person, may be another person's happy job"
http://www.businesspundit.com/150-best-low-stress-jobs/
It looks like it is better to learn to deal with stress and live a balanced life, than to try to find "A Perfect Life" or "A Perfect Job".
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Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D., recently released a new book entitled 150 Best Low-Stress Jobs, which helps people with different personalities find low-stress jobs matching their temperaments, interests, and skill sets.
Shatkin (quoted from Yahoo) says that “People should look for a job situation or niche that’s less stressful than the norm. For instance, stress levels are related to the impact of your decisions in life-or-death situations and consequences of your actions on the job.”
A couple of sample jobs from Shatkin’s book:
Mathematician. Make more than $86,000/year with a PhD; work on non-life-threatening theoretical models for a living.
Stressful downside: Lack of romantic life.
Forester. Work outside for around $55,000/year. Patrol parks, clean facilities, protect the forest.
Stressful downside: Dealing with drunk, 14-year-old hunters who have their rifles aimed at your stomach; chasing grizzly bears away from coolers.
Travel Agent. Low levels of conflict and a rather slow-paced schedule make this job a relatively low-stress one.
Stressful downside: Accidentally booking your clients on a flight to Magadan, Siberia rather than Magdelena Beach, Spain.
I recently started petsitting as a low-stress supplement to my blogging work. I figured I could get away from the computer while de-stressing through play, fresh air, and exercise. Turns out petsitting isn’t quite as low-stress as it sounds. Here’s my personal stress lowdown:
Relaxing:
Walking dogs
Playing with pets
Petting pets
Stressful:
Newfoundland leaving 8 pounds of soggy digested material on $5,000 Oriental rug
Australian shepherd vomiting on same rug 6 hours later
Setting off client’s house alarm, leading to a visit by the police
Rogue kitty jumping out second-story window and refusing to come back
Not all relaxing jobs are created equal, that much I have learned.
Anyone out there have a relaxing job you’d like to share?
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Comments
Comment by Melanie Mulhall on September 24th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Drea,
While some jobs are less stressful than others, it seems to me that the larger issue is learning how to deal with the stress that comes with any job. (Your own petsitting experience more or less proves my point.)
Since I am writing a book on spiritual practice (like meditation) and dealing with the struggles we go through in our practices (like thinking that everyone else is having an easier time of it than we are), this is a subject near and dear to my heart. Whatever the job, learning how to quickly center and ground, practicing meditation, using biofeedback, and otherwise developing strategies to deal with the stress just might trump jumping ship and starting a new career.
Of course . . . I left the high stress corporate world and started my own businesses (which are, on even the most stressful day, less stressful than those corporate jobs) so I must admit that there is something to be said for finding less stressful work, too.
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Good info also here:
http://parents.berkeley.edu/advice/working/lowstress.html
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I'm not having much luck with jobs lately. Either I didn't ask enough questions prior to being hired or I didn't get the required training/orientation to learn the ropes so to speak.
I believe I am also suffering from stress burnout. I never seem to be able to hold on to a job very long. The longest job recently lasted a little under 2 years. I am almost 50 and have gained much experience in all the jobs I have attained. Having many jobs does not carry well on a resume. I have left jobs due to lack of confidence, office gossips, being treated unfairly, sexual harassment, to name a few. I seems to have developed of time, social anxiety and job anxiety. I always want to learn quickly, but given too many task at once and I seem to fold and its a downhill battle from there on. I eventually give up, close up shop and hand in my notice. I never feel that I belong anywhere, at any job. I believe and feel that I suffer from phobias, mostly social at the workplace. I spend more time at work worrying if people are talking out me, or feeling inadequate in some way at my job performance, especially if I feel that I am grasping new work too slowing or just don't seem to be getting it. I wish I didnt have too work but I have no choice. I need my luck to turn around. I just started a new job which I felt I was a perfect fit. Today, on my second day only, my boss tells me that I need to pick up the pace of a certain task. That this task needs to be done very quickly or everything else will fall behind. I was never told this during our interview and this job was to be a part time job which I felt I could handle. It turns out that there are additional hours required outside my regular hours, etc. which is not what I applied for in the first place. Once again, I feel let down and just plain stupid for not asking enough questions. That is WHY when the interview is over and you are asked, Do you have any questions? better ask all of them right then and there to make certain the job is crystal clear before leaping forward! Life and learn I suppose. I will see what tomorrow will bring before I decide anything. It's only been a few days and my boss is frustrated with having to train yet again the 3rd employee for this company in 1 year.