How to love your work

Introduction
Welcome
Part 1 - Making the transition from Education to Work
After School
Whats a year at school worth?
Think you are ready for work?
So now what?
Whats changed since Mum and Dad's time?
Technology and Work
Needing Work
Worked Examples
What to expect at work
How long will I be working ?
Loving Your Work
Work Situations
People I'll meet
Professional - whats that?
Work Rewards
Who loves their work?
First job - future Job
Examples of work situations
30 self improvement tips that work
Key messages Part 1
Part 2 - WorkLife experience and tips
Your most important asset
People are watching
Online Reputation
Attitude
Don't mention these things!
Motivation
Ethics
I'm in a team!
When teams go wrong
Behaviour at work
Work Language
Dealing with Bosses
Your co-workers - friends or enimies?
Talking to yourself
Improving yourself
Politics at work
Summary lessons from Part 2
Part 3 - Doing your job well
Training and learning on the job
Customer Service
Managing Time
Internet and Social Media
Office Communications
Rotarians Work Experience
Summary of Part 3
Part 4 - The rules of the game
Before your first day
On you first day
What your employer owes you
Work Agreements are important
Can I be asked to work for no pay?
Bullying and unfair dismissal
Workplace Safety
Meetings and workstations
Summary of the rules and some tips
Links
Files
Photo Albums

How to love your work

Later I’ll show you how to do your job well. However, doing a job well is not the same as being happy doing the job. It’s not the whole picture.

You can be completing your work tasks tremendously well, but still not be happy and loving your work.

In his book "People Glue" Ian Hutchinson studied what makes people happy at work. He found that what makes us happy at work is a mix of 4 things:

• Personal relationships
• Work relationships
• Financial well being
• Meaningfulness
 

As each of us is unique, the importance of each of these 4 things will be different for each of us.
But to achieve enduring happiness at work you need to be attending to all of these things, as any one of them has the ability to cause work unhappiness.