The No. 1 Reason People Actually Love Their New Jobs (Hint: It’s Not the Paycheck)

A new BLS study reveals that while salary matters, this single, overlooked factor is the ultimate predictor of long-term job satisfaction.

BY BRUCE CRUMLEY @BRUCEC_INC

One of the big recruitment challenges for employers is determining which aspects of a position on offer will attract desired candidates most, then enhance those to fuel applications. A recent study by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) may help with that—to a point. Its findings show that while salary level, benefits, and work-life balance are all important in shaping people’s appreciation of job, their interest in the work is the determining factor in how much they value it.

While it may sound intuitively evident that........

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