Hairdressers are happier with their jobs than doctors, lawyers

London -- It may not always be essential to have a fat pay packet to be extremely happy with your job, for a new survey has found that hairdressers are the ones with high job satisfaction.

Fixing unruly tresses make crimpers only follow top notches of MNCs, to secure the second place.

"While they have been unfairly stereotyped as endlessly asking customers where they are going on their holidays, hairdressers in fact have a creative job which gives instant gratification," the Daily Mail quoted celebrity crimper Nicky Clarke, as saying.

"Hairdressers are incredibly lucky as we have instant gratification in our jobs every hour on the hour. A client comes in with an unruly thatch and at the end of the appointment they are smiling."

"Hairdressing is a very sociable profession and clients share their life and intimate details with us - we become their confidantes - in a way that does not happen in other jobs."

In the survey published in the Industrial Relations Journal, the top ten places were occupied by managerial professions.

The survey found that teaching that was placed in the 54th spot in 1999, has moved to the 11th position this year.

Doctors came in at the 13th spot, while lawyers were ranked 44th.

"Individual job satisfaction is made up of a range of factors including material rewards, such as pay and conditions of employment, and symbolic rewards, such as prestige," Professor Michael Rose, who conducted the research sai..

"It is also influenced by psychological rewards, such as being able to express creativity, and social rewards, such as having a supportive colleague network."

"The wider public is often given the picture of teaching as an occupation low in material returns and with the attractions of sense of achievement, job quality and social status in decline." (ANI)