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Top 5 Best & 5 Worst Jobs in Australia

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Research has shown that more than 50% of Australian workers want to leave their job this year. The #1 reason for this is 'not being able to grow professionally'.While salary plays its role in employee retention, other aspects that were important to keeping people in their jobs included:

  • Workplace culture
  • Work/life balance
  • Being able to make a worthwhile contribution

Researcher Claire Madden joined Larry and Kylie on Channel 7's The Morning Show to give us an overview of what Aussies consider the best and worst jobs.

Top 5 best jobs:

  1. Actuary
  2. Biomedical engineer
  3. Software engineer
  4. Audiologist
  5. Financial planner

Top 5 worst jobs:

  1. Newspaper reporter
  2. Wood chopper
  3. Enlisted military personnel
  4. Actor
  5. Oil rig worker

The criteria used in this study examined 200 different vocations and ranked them on factors including salary, environmental, stress, and physical demands.

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Theo Winter

Theo Winter

Client Services Manager, Writer & Researcher. Theo is one of the youngest professionals in the world to earn an accreditation in TTI Success Insight's suite of psychometric assessments. For more than a decade, he worked with hundreds of HR, L&D and OD professionals and consultants to improve engagement, performance and emotional intelligence of leaders and their teams. He authored the book "40 Must-Know Business Models for People Leaders."

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