How many of us know people who are doing a job they truly love? One where they wake up every day feeling grateful to do the one thing they’re passionate about? Where their purpose in life is genuinely being met?

Well, from personal experience, it’s not something I come across every day. In fact, Indeed’s 2022 Work Happiness Score survey found that only a third of UK workers are generally happy in their jobs most of the time, while over one in three people (36%) are unhappy in their jobs.

It’s a reality that many people know all too well, as they spend their lives navigating jobs that they may not be passionate about but pay the bills – but we are beginning to see a shift as more women are increasingly seeking jobs that give them purpose.

Research from Samsung found young women are increasingly seeking a job that enables them to make a positive change in the world (41%), do rewarding work (41%), and gives them the opportunity to make technology more inclusive to women (40%).

But being able to put yourself in a position where you are doing something you truly feel gives you purpose doesn’t come easy though, so we spoke to two careers experts about how women can understand how to find their purpose at work.

How to find your purpose at work, according to career experts