十大最幸福工作背后的秘密

十大最幸福工作背后的秘密 The Secrets Behind the Ten Happiest Jobs 十大最幸福工作背后的秘密 college, non-specific degree in hand (what does one do with a BA in English?), the job hunt has begun. Looking around me, I see so many people who are unhappy with their jobs. Their days resemble a real-life version of Office Space, sans Jennifer Aniston; they sit in traffic, then they sit in a cubicle, then they sit in traffic again. If this is work, I want no part of it.

是这样。 But there have to be some who really love their jobs, right? There must be those who don’t cringe when they hear the alarm go off on a Monday morning because they know they’re about to spend a week doing what fulfills them. I’ve heard of these people. I’ve never met any of them but, as with Santa Claus, I’m willing to believe they exist in order to preserve my optimism.

有人真的很喜欢自己的工作，对吗？当他们听到了清晨的闹钟响了，就是在星期一，也非常开心，然后一个星期都是这样。我听说有这样的人，但是没有见过，就像没有见过圣诞老人一样。我相信他们是保持了一种乐观。

What Creates Job Happiness? 一、如何让工作变得快乐幸福？ Everyone has a slightly different idea of what “success” is. Some won’t rest until they have several million in the bank, others prioritize family time, and still others crave public recognition for the jobs they do. Though we may think these things—money, fame, working from home, the office next to the coffee machine—will bring us happiness, they very often don’t. Actually, the ten happiest jobs in the United States, according to a 2008 study from the University of Chicago, “Job Satisfaction in the United States, ” are all relatively low paying, with long hours and plenty of stress. And yet more than half of the people in these careers reported that they were “very 5、建筑师，中等工资54079美元 6. Special Education teachers, median salaries of $41,344 for preschool through elementary teachers; $43,060 for high school teachers

6、特殊教育教师，薪资中值为41344美元，幼儿园到小学教师都包括，43060美元是高中教师中位数 7. Actors and directors, salary varies greatly 7、演员和导演，工资差别很大 8. Scientific researchers, median salary of $72,435 8、科研人员，工资中位数为72435美元 9. Industrial engineers, median salary of $61,729 9、工业工程师，中等工资61729美元 10. Airline pilots and navigators, median hourly wage of $63 10、航空公司的飞行员和领航员，平均工资每小时63美元 It could be the opportunity to interact with others on a daily basis. (IMing coworkers from across the sea of cubicles doesn’t count.) Most of today’s jobs have come to rely so heavily on computers and the Internet for communication, leaving workers feeling isolated, lonely, and stressed. People like the clergy, firefighters, and teachers, however, get to interact regularly with the public they serve and see the direct results of their efforts, adding to their job satisfaction.

可以看出，幸福的工作是每天互相交流互动的工作。如今，大多数的工作都过于依赖计算机和互联网，而让人们减少了面对面交流的机会。人们喜欢的工作，可以看到，互动的工作会增加工作满意度。

The Secret to Job Happiness: Learn a Skill? 三、幸福工作的秘密是学习技能吗 The message I got growing up was that the more education you have, the better chance you’ll have of being successful and happy with your job. But the rankings on this list belie that notion. Most of these jobs require specialized skill training rather than a generalized education.

我发现，受到的教育越好，你就会有更多的机会获得工作上的成功，感到满意。而大多数的工作需要专门的技能培训，而不是一个广泛的教育。

Matthew B. Crawford, author of Shop Class as Soulcraft, has studied the loss of this kind of skill training in favor of liberal arts programs. Based on his experience as a motorcycle mechanic with a PhD in philosophy from the University of Chicago, Crawford reminds readers that so-called “trades” are invaluable both to society, for the goods and services they provide, and to the individual, for the sense of satisfaction one gets from working with one’s hands.

芝加哥大学哲学博士Crawford，曾经就是一个摩托车修理工，他从体力劳动，互相交换服务的过程中，得到了个人满足感。

Deconstructing society’s prevailing bias against manual labor, Crawford questions the educational myth of separating thinking from doing, arguing that to do so degrades workers on both sides of the divide. The person who sits in a cubicle feeling impotent and isolated suffers just as much as the mechanic who is told that his is a lower kind of work.

对于体力劳动，有人可能认为会认为技术工人与脑力劳动不同，可是，谁又能说技术工作是一个较低的工作呢？

Crawford’s argument makes sense, especially when you consider the types of jobs that are on the happiest list. They all allow for interpersonal relationships , require specialized skills that prohibit outsourcing and obsolescence, and create a sense of pride in the worker for a job well done. Without these key elements, American jobs are becoming both more tedious and more expendable, since workers with generalized education are easier to replace.