WASHINGTON — You don’t necessarily need a college degree to have a happy career, according to a recent review.
Looking at factors like workplace environment and growth opportunities, Business Insider and CareerBliss.com teamed up to find the 10 happiest jobs that don’t require a four-year college degree.
The list was compiled from reviews submitted by professionals between October 2013 and October 2014. CareerBliss combined data from the reviews to find an average happiness rating, and then sorted the results by education requirements.
Entrepreneur emerged at the top of the list.
“Many founders of today’s most successful companies do not have college degrees and have found happiness and success,” Heidi Golledge, chief happiness officer of CareerBliss, said to Business Insider.
Entrepreneur was followed by WordPress developer and business development executive.
Here are top 10 happiest jobs that don’t require a degree, according to the reviews:
- Field service technician
- Social media manager
- Photographer
- Video editor
- Customer service representative
- Recruiter
- Loan officer
- Business development executive
- WordPress developer
- Entrepreneur
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