Stressed? Here's Help

Discover the primary causes of stress on the job, take a quiz to see if you're heading for burnout, and find more tips on how to cope.

By Dianne Hales
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Who Is Stressed?

In a recent national poll by CareerBuilder.com, more than half of employees said they work under a great deal of stress; 77 percent reported feeling burnout sometimes.

What was the primary cause of stress on the job?
  • difficult coworkers (16%)
  • unrealistic workload (14.6%)
  • tight deadlines (10.6 %)
  • last-minute projects (9.5%)
  • overbearing or interfering boss (8.8%)
  • personal worries (7.4%)
  • time management/procrastination (5.7%)
  • asked to do things outside area of expertise (5.2%)
Source: CareerBuilder.com survey of more than 2,500 workers

So who is most overworked? In a Harris Poll 2,271 respondents identified the following:
  1. Nurses
  2. Teachers
  3. Homemakers
  4. Waiters/waitresses
  5. Doctors
  6. Police officers


Are you at risk? Take the burnout inventory test, which evaluates whether you are overly stressed and heading for burnout in your work.
www.queendom.com/tests/access/burnout.html

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