By Alex Planes | More Articles
February 1, 2014
There's more to life than work, but that doesn't mean your job won't be one of the most important parts of your life. Finding a great job involves a little bit of luck and a lot of hard work and training, but for most people, a "great job" means more than just making a lot of money. Many of this year's best jobs happen to be well-compensated, but the very best jobs also burden workers with only modest levels of stress -- and when you get right down to it, it's almost always better when your job doesn't stress you out all the time.
Do you think you've got a stressful job? Well, you're hardly alone. Job network CareerCast recently put together a list of the most stressful jobs of 2014. "Unpredictable conditions, immediate dangers, and high-stakes situations" are all major features of these difficult professions, which CareerCast ranked on a scale from 1 to 100, grading each job by frequency of travel, professional growth potential, deadline intensity, physical demands, competitiveness, environmental conditions, and several other factors can might frazzle even the toughest of nerves. Let's take a look at the five most stressful jobs in America today.
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