What's the secret of career happiness? Can money buy you happiness? Personality, pay and company culture – we • Happiness at work: what we can learn from the Swiss According to research released this month, more than a third of workers work, says Siobhan Hamilton-Phillips, director and founder of Career They tend to make good trainers. Introverts like working in smaller Understanding your personality traits helps you recognise which working your work is rewarding, that really is happiness at work." how do you find out what these are? "When you think about work on a Sunday night, what are the bits of work you look forward to? That gives recommends sitting down with a friend and discussing your work history. engaged. This will help reveal the type of work you like best. or sector and asking them what the role involves day to day. Work are four key features that affect people's happiness at work: support freedom over how they do the work and having a good work-life balance. Europe suggested that people who are working more than 40 hours a week of long working hours, the answer isn't necessarily to look for another move or work on a new project. an indicator of work happiness. All we know is that giving people more Once you've experienced the world of work for a few years you begin to * Work & careers * Work for us