In a 2018 follow-up survey, we asked clients to rate how often they used their aptitudes in their work. They were also asked to rate their level of agreement with four statements related to how happy they were with their work situation. We were encouraged to see that the majority felt that they used their aptitudes often or all the time in their work. These responses validate our tenet that using one’s aptitudes contributes to job satisfaction.
data is taken from follow-up surveys of clients, conducted in 2018
The graph on the left shows a high level of job satisfaction among the responses of those who reported that they use their aptitudes in their work “always or often”. The graph on the right shows far less satisfaction from those who use their aptitudes “rarely or never” at work.
Examinees who are satisfied with their occupation, compared to those who are dissatisfied
We base our occupational analyses on people who state that they are satisfied with their career fields. A 2019 study looked at the aptitude differences between those who said that they liked their jobs and those in the same field who reported less satisfaction. Though most of the differences in aptitudes were fairly small, the general trend was that satisfied workers tended to score slightly higher in the aptitudes most closely associated with their fields. Dissatisfied workers tended to score slightly higher in areas that didn’t seem to have an outlet in their work.
Satisfied Programmers and Systems Analysts had higher scores, on average, in all the aptitudes that characterize their work, especially spatial aptitudes and Memory for Design.
Engineers who scored lower in Ideaphoria were more likely to be satisfied in their work. We speculate that most jobs in Engineering rely more on detailed technical analysis and may not provide as much room for idea generation. A lower Ideaphoria score, therefore, might be a better fit.
