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Still searching for that Dream Job?  Starting to wonder if it truly exists?  A recent article from Harvard Business Magazine explains that the Dream Job exists with the right employer based on your values, ideals and principles…

We search for that Dream Job for many years, sometimes a lifetime.  Unfortunately, it's tough to find.  Many of us lose faith and convince ourselves that the practical thing to do is lower our standards and accept that the Dream Job is a fairy tale.  We don't live in a world of unicorns and rainbows.  Lower your ideals, accept the reality of the situation and compromise. 

If that's how you're starting to think, you really need to read the article, "Creating the Best Workplace on Earth."  Be sure to click the link  "The Dream Company Diagnostic."  It has a handy checklist that shows you six common imperatives you need to find the Dream Job at the Dream Company.  This checklist is an excellent guide to put you in the right direction.

Creating The Best Workplace on Earth from The Harvard Business Review 

Whether you are an employee in pursuit of career satisfaction or an employer looking to super charge your staff, here are some quick bullet points from this excellent article.

The Dream Job

• To have a chance at finding the Dream Job, you need to work for a Manager and Company that is authentic and allows you to do your best work.

• Highly engaged employees are 50% more likely to exceed expectations than the least engaged workers.

• Companies with highly engaged people out-perform their competitors - a 54% improvement in employee retention, 89% in customer satisfaction and 400% in revenue growth.

• The organization of your dreams doesn't deceive, stonewall, distort or spin.  It recognizes that staff are better off knowing the truth from the start before they find out through other sources.

• The benefits of developing existing staff outweigh the costs of finding new workers.

• People want to part of something bigger than themselves, something they can believe in.  Something more than shareholder value.

• People want to do good work - to feel they matter in an organization that makes a difference.  They want to work in a place that magnifies their strengths, not weaknesses.  For that they need some autonomy.

In my personal opinion, you need to align yourself with co-workers and an employer that symbolizes your values and principles to truly call yourself successful. No amount of money, benefits, or tenure can be a substitute for your ideals.  You should never lead your professional life to later say I could've, should've, would've.  If you're smart enough to have great hindsight, then develop a keener sense of foresight based on what you've learned and move ahead in your search for the Dream Job.

I'm lucky.  I have mine.

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If you found this article useful, I'd love your feedback in the comment section.  The more we share, the more we all learn. 

Thanks!

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