Take Ownership of Your Job If You Hate It

Money may not buy happiness in the job market, but it can buy satisfaction - for a while. Unfortunately, Americans hate their jobs more than ever and fewer than half say they are only satisfied with it. Here are a few unsettling facts about job satisfaction according to "The Conference Board" market survey:

-> Less than 39% of workers under the age of 25 are satisfied with their job.
-> Less than 45% of workers between the ages of 45 to 54 are satisfied with their job.
-> Nearly 50% of workers older than the age of 65 are satisfied with their job.

In fact, according to a CareerBuilder.com survey, only 25% U.S. workers actually have their dream job.

What is a worker supposed to do when they hate their job? They have two choices: accept their job or quit. Either way, a change in attitude needs to be done.

Here are 3 incredible steps to take if you hate your job. Each will either bring you 'more' satisfaction to your current position, or prepare you for a new one.

1) Change your attitude
2) Treat your job as a temporary position
3) Use your job as a training ground

Each step leads to the other whether a worker decides to accept their job or look for another one. The first step is absolutely important.

1) Change your attitude

When an employee hates his/her job, they lack focus and soon enough, problems arise. Their work is eventually consumed by crises management. Crisis management is not a good place to be as you become negative about the workplace. This negativity is incredibly influential. One negative worker can bring down nine positive ones. If a worker hates their job and outwardly shows it, this causes self-destructive habits for the worker and others around.

The change of attitude is an important state of mind. The goal: to tolerate the job or change the job. 100% effort is needed in this change or the next two steps will be difficult.

2) Treat your job as a temporary position

Make the choice to give 100% in your job. Convince yourself the job is temporary. It's your preparation for something 'new and improved'. If you know your job is temporary, it goes from unbearable to tolerable. It is important to take these steps. You may end up 'loving' your job, but at this point it is important to change your attitude, make it tolerable, and think that it is only temporary with something better at the end of the tunnel.

3) Use your job as a training ground

So many people want success. They want things that they are not ready for. Having a job is the perfect opportunity to prepare you for succeeding either at the current workplace, or at a new place of employment.

Do not take the job you hate for granted when it comes to using it as a place to educate yourself further. This preparation will lead to a better attitude and a better attitude leads to a better chance of success.

If your attitude is to prepare yourself for something better, these 3 Key Steps will get you going in the right direction. Treat your job as a temporary place of employment. It may take years, it might be a month. But the first adjustment is the attitude adjustment before moving on.

The attitude of hating your job tends to get in the way of getting a new job, let alone, improving the one you have. By implementing these 3 Key Steps, it prepares you to either stay where you are at, or literally -make it temporary before you move on to another opportunity. Your attitude change will open the doors to making your job tolerable, as well as finding a job that you can appreciate.

The toughest part: choosing to implement them instead of choosing to ignore them.

Resources:
-A 2007 survey by The Conference Board, a market information company that also puts out the Consumer Confidence Index and the Leading Economic Indicators.
-CareerBuilder.com survey