How To Get A Job You Love

chapter 5

What drives you?

‘And nothing to look backward to with pride,

And nothing to look forward to with hope.’

Robert Frost (1914a)

This chapter offers opportunities to

• •look at workplace turn-offs;
• •think about the part money plays in your career;
• •identify what motivates you;
• •discover your career hot buttons.

Turn-ons and turn-offs at work

Most roles are interesting when you start, simply because they’re new. As jobs become familiar, sometimes repetitive, motivation can fade – which is one reason employee engagement is a continuing problem for organisations (see Chapter 1). Employers understand what prompts someone to take a job, ...