We make a huge play in our book about the importance of feeling passionate about the work that one does. We also talk about the fact that more and more people say to us that it is increasingly difficult to find one job that enables them to use all of their motivated skills and which taps into their passions. So it was with interest that we came across an international survey which attempted to find out just how many employees do feel passionate about their jobs. The Kenexa Institute conducts an annual survey into this topic. Unfortunately I have found it impossible to find out the detail of how the data was collected as I am somewhat surprised at the figures but their conclusions are still quite interesting.

They define having passion for one’s job  by the extent to which employees are excited about their work, feel a sense of personal accomplishment, are extremely satisfied with their organisation, believe they have a future at their organisation, and rarely think about finding a new job.