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Are you happy in your job? If not, I can bet it has nothing to do with salary. It is no secret that employees are happiest and most satisfied when they consider themselves fully engaged in their roles in the company. Do you feel fully engaged at your company? If you are not sure, it might be time for you to conduct a career audit. The questions to ask are:-

1) Is the company capitalizing on my special talents?

2) Does my supervisor have my best interests at heart?

3) In the past six months, has my supervisor honestly evaluated my performance?

4) Am I receiving challenging assignments at work to help me grow professionally?

5) Do I have a mentor guiding me as I move up through the organization?

6) Do I have friends at work in whom I can confide?

7) Is there a career track to get me where I want to be in five years?

8) Does my work give me a sense of higher purpose?

9) Are my coworkers trustworthy and committed to excellence?

10) Am I receiving the training I need to do my job well?

There was an Aesop story about a donkey that was involved in hauling wood for his master. His master also has a pet dog that played and sat on the master’s lap. The donkey felt very dissatisfied when he compared himself to the dog – “He does nothing while I’m here breaking my back. Maybe if I started acting like that dog, the master would treat me the same way. I could live in the house, gain more of his affection, and do less work.” So the next day, the donkey rushed into the house, where the master was eating his lunch, and began frisking about like the dog. Imitating the dog, the donkey then jumped on the master’s lap and pawed him with his hooves. The master was very annoyed with the donkey and got his servants to restrain the donkey, took him back to the barn, and weighted him down with so many sticks and stones that the donkey couldn’t stand up.

Worker dissatisfaction comes in many flavors: too much work for too little pay, no chance for personal growth or corporate advancement, feeling underappreciated, not feeling like an integral part of the organization, obnoxious coworkers or incompetent bosses, among others.

Even though the moral of the donkey story was “be content doing what you’re best suited for”, it has another underlying message. If the master of the house has given the donkey a little more praise and recognition and, engaging and keeping him happy and contented in his work, the donkey would not had resort to trying to be a dog. So, how satisfied are you in your job? What else could your company do to make you feel more engaged?

“The safety of a steady paycheck, a comfortable job that yields decent benefits, and a bearable amount of aggravation can lull you into complacency about your career,” says syndicated career columnist Anita Bruzzese. “You may be depriving yourself of challenging, interesting, rewarding work by simply letting your career ‘happen’.”

So, what are you waiting for? A career audit may just be the first step to your career breakthrough!

Source Noonan, David Aesop & the CEO, 154-156, Nelson, 2005