The Search for the Perfect Job- Does It Exist?
Learn English while listening to REAL programs, stories, news, audiobooks, and podcasts. This listening segment, “Stop Looking for the Perfect Job- a “Good Enough” Job is Just Fine,” comes to us from the Happiness Lab podcast by Dr. Laurie Santos .
What is this story about?
Today we are going to listen to Simone Stolzoff talk about the idea of finding the perfect job that will fulfill and complete us. Through his own research and interviews, he learns some of the dangers of making work the central aspect of our identities. He questions if our jobs should be the most important part of our lives and contrasts the way work was viewed in the past with how it is viewed today.
Before you listen…
Take this personality test to find out what your job means to you. Is it the central part of your identity, or something you do to make money? There are no right or wrong answers, but this will teach you new vocabulary words and help prepare you for the listening.
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Study Tips!
- Listen to the audio. You may want to take notes if it doesn’t interfere with your comprehension. In general, focus on the main ideas and key points of the listening segment.
- Are there questions you missed or parts you didn’t understand? Go back and listen to where each question is located in the audio (see quiz below).
Listen from 1:15-8:56 min. (One minute and fifteen seconds until eight minutes and fifty-six seconds) to take the quiz.
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