Less Stressful Jobs
If you are surviving a job loss and do fancy finding less stressful ones next time around, yes you can find them. You can find a match based on your personality type, skill set, and interests. People should look for a job niche that is less stressful. 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. Below are certain jobs that can enable you to experience low stress along with job satisfaction and career growth:
1. Travel Agents - some aspects of this profession include calculating costs of travel and accommodations, booking different tours, and selling travel packages. Although accuracy is paramount to success on the job, less stressful aspects include a comfortable pace and low frequency of conflict situations.The average annual earnings were $54,970 in 2006.
2. Conservation Specialists - this job typically work outdoors in seasonal activities. Think putting out forest fires and preserving recreational facilities. They also select and mark trees for thinning or logging, manage forest protection activities and patrol park areas to prevent damage. Least stressful aspects of the job are the low level of competition, rarely contending with obnoxious people, and the lack of time pressures which are normally embedded in higher maintenance occupations. The average earnings are $29,210. This job affords flexibility to be self-employed or work part-time.
3. Mathematicians - although the most stressful aspects of the job are the importance of being precise and a level of competence, in substance it is all good. Mathematicians are not under pressure as this is not life and death scenario. You will be dealing with theoretical domains. A Ph.D. in mathematics is usually the minimum requirement for entry into the field. The average salary in 2006 was $86,930 per annum.
4. Archivists - while this occupation centers on planning and managing the arrangement of exhibitions of collections, there is a certain degree consistency and low stress levels. When people have control over how they organize their tasks, how they behave, the predictability of their job, and the freedom to make a mistake where no one is going to die as a consequence, they therefore experience low stress. People typically pursue a bachelor’s degree in history or library science before entering this field. In 2006 the average annual earnings were $40,730.
As a final note for those who are surviving job loss, we all know that stress has very bad effects on your health which lead to a lot of troubles. Stressors of any job include the duration of the work week, dealing with angry people, confronting situations and competition. People should look for a job situation where normal work hours are encouraged.
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