對于熱愛動物的人士來說，專業(yè)熊貓擁抱者或許最接近夢想工作的標準。但即便你從事的是朝九晚五的工作，而不是天天擁抱毛茸茸的熊貓寶寶，其中有一些職業(yè)也能夠給你帶來意想不到的快樂，而且讓你快樂的原因或許出乎你的意料。

多年來，招聘網(wǎng)站CareerBliss一直在進行工作快樂程度排名；其最近的一項調(diào)查評選出了下面幾份最令人快樂的工作：

1) 校長

如果你小時候經(jīng)常被“請”到校長辦公室去，那么，每天在這樣的地方工作聽起來或許不太有吸引力。但在CareerBliss網(wǎng)站上給工作評級的職業(yè)人士，卻對這份工作給予了高度贊揚。在評價中，校長們贊揚了同事之間家人般的關系，支持性的環(huán)境，以及因為知道自己正在幫助下一代美國人奠定學術基礎而產(chǎn)生的滿足感。

2) 廚師長

關于這個份工作的滿意度秘訣，CareerBliss指出，這份工作有許多可取之處，雖然它有嚴苛的時間要求，而且工作環(huán)境有時候就像是壓力鍋一樣。廚師的收入并不高；CareerBliss統(tǒng)計的平均年收入約為58,000美元，比美國工作人口全國平均水平低約5%。然而這份工作收入方面的不足，卻在自主性方面得到了補償。CareerBliss的評價中曾多次提到這一點。如果你希望能自由創(chuàng)作，負責執(zhí)行一個愿景，并且想要平衡對管理的熱誠和藝術潛能，這份工作絕對是最佳選擇。

3) 信貸主管

這份工作聽起來似乎并不能帶來巨大的滿意度，但仔細研究你會發(fā)現(xiàn)，這份工作的許多特性，讓其穩(wěn)居第三位。該領域通常工作時間較長，而且競爭激烈，但通過權衡得失，許多人認為這些付出是值得的：該領域通常采取基于傭金的薪酬結構，因此，只要愿意努力，人們很快便可以得到回報。此外，這份工作也充分體現(xiàn)了平等主義：它可以為沒有出色學歷的從業(yè)者，提供上升通道和增加收入的機會。

4) 自動化工程師

這份工作需要軟件技能，如軟件開發(fā)和編程等，但通過CareerBliss參與討論的從業(yè)者表示，對于這個職業(yè)，他們還有更深層次的體會。他們尤其重視有機會親眼看到自己的工作如何幫助其他人解決問題，特別是將沉悶的程序實現(xiàn)自動化的時候。與之相反，許多科技類工作通常在相對真空的環(huán)境下進行，與最終用戶完全脫節(jié)。

5) 研究助理

這份工作很受學生和有學生心態(tài)的各年齡段人群的喜歡，因此排在了第五位。喜歡學習新事物的人們發(fā)現(xiàn)這份工作特別令人滿足；實時觀測實驗結果逐漸揭曉，可以帶來滿意度，這種滿足感似乎足以彌補相對較低的薪酬（平均每年30,000美元）。此外，實驗室的組織結構也賦予了這份工作大量的自主權；沒錯，你確實需要完成任務，但不會有人一直在監(jiān)督你。

此外，對于許多人來說，幫助他人是工作幸福度的一個重要組成部分。職業(yè)咨詢網(wǎng)站The Grindstone曾評選出最令人滿意的五個職業(yè)，其中四個職業(yè)——牧師、消防員、理療師和特殊教育教師，均涉及為有需求的人們提供直接協(xié)助。

毋庸置疑，這些工作都各不相同，而且到底什么才是讓你最快樂的工作，并沒有什么魔法公式。但你或許會發(fā)現(xiàn)，上面這些工作都有一個共同點：都授予了一定的工作自主權和主人翁感。所以，如果你在當前崗位做的不開心，不妨想想，在你所在的領域當中，有沒有其他工作可以給你更多自主權，讓你更加滿意。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：劉進龍/汪皓

Sure, being a professional panda-hugger might be the closest thing to a dream job out there—for animal lovers, anyway. But even if your 9-to-5 doesn’t involve snuggling fuzzy baby pandas, there are some other careers that pack a surprising amount of happiness into the average workday—and for reasons you might not always expect.

CareerBliss, which has been ranking the happiness quotient of jobs for several years; here are the top jobs as determined by its most recent survey:

1) School principal

If you got sent to the principal’s office a lot as a kid, going to work in one every day might not sound very appealing. But the professionals who ranked their jobs on CareerBliss’s site had glowing things to say about the gig. In testimonials, principals wrote glowingly about family-like bonds between colleagues, a supportive environment, and satisfaction of knowing that they’re helping the next generation of Americans build an academic foundation.

2) Executive chef

When it comes to cooking up a recipe for job satisfaction, CareerBliss pointed out that this job has a lot going for it, in spite of demanding hours and an atmosphere that can sometimes resemble a pressure-cooker. Chefs don’t earn a ton of money; CareerBliss puts the average annual pay at around $58,000, about 5% lower than the national average for working Americans. But what the job lacks in dollars it makes up for in autonomy, a point that comes up over and over again in CareerBliss’s testimonials. For the worker who wants the freedom to create and take charge of executing a vision, and who wants to balance a zeal for management with an artistic streak, this job that takes the cake.

3) Loan officer

It might not sound like a job that would deliver tremendous satisfaction, but when you look a little closer, there are attributes that bump it up to third place. Long hours and a competitive environment come with the territory, but the trade-offs are worth it for many: With commission-based compensation structures common, people willing to put in the effort don’t have to wait long for their reward. The job is also fairly egalitarian: It gives workers who might not have a fancy degree an opportunity to move up the corporate ladder (and income scale).

4) Automation engineer

Software skills like development and coding come into play here, but the workers who weighed in via CareerBliss say they got to something deeper about the job. In particular, they value getting a real-world view of how their work helps out other people, especially when they automate tedious processes. Many tech jobs, by contrast, are carried out in a relative vacuum, disconnected from the end-user.

5) Research assistant

This gig is popular with students and students-at-heart of all ages, and rounds out the top five. People who enjoy learning new things find it especially fulfilling; and watching the results of experiments unfold in real time provides a degree of satisfaction that seems to compensate for the relatively low pay ($30,000 a year, on average). The lab structure also confers a good deal of autonomy at work; yes, tasks have to be done, but there won’t be someone looking over your shoulder constantly.

It turns out helping people is an important component of on-the-job happiness for many people. When career advice website The Grindstone looked for the most satisfying jobs, four out of the top five—clergy, firefighter, physical therapist, and special education teacher—all involve providing direct assistance to people in need.

Needless to say, these jobs are very, very different, and there’s no magic formula for what job will make people happiest. But you might notice that those above have one thing in common: All confer a degree of autonomy and ownership of the work. So if you’re not happy in your current role, consider whether another job in your field—one that lets you take more matters into your own hands—might be more satisfying.