Even ‘dream jobs’ have their flaws: Why honesty is the best recruiting tool

What happens when you land your dream job but it turns out to be anything but? Friends, career consultants, and the media inundate us with a constant barrage of advice telling us to follow our dreams, find our bliss or pursue our passions in our professional lives. Yet this kind of advice is not always easily followed. Even when it’s heeded, the advice can come with downsides, especially when it turns out that those aforementioned passions involve jobs with routine, day-to-day tasks that people are less than passionate about. In short, work is often hard work. We’re told to follow…

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