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Chasing the dream job will occasionally fall short in the compensation category. Scott and Andrew talk about ideas and strategies for turning your dream job into a well paying vocation.

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Today on job seekers radio. We're talking about when the dream job just doesn't pay so. Well, right. I think most of us who have been down the career path for any length of time, have run into this at least once. I am of the opinion that we should follow what we truly enjoy. Because the more you enjoy the less feels like work, and the word passion is often used in that sense. Follow your passion! Recently, I've been hearing, other coaches talk about how that may not be great advice, and I'm not going to go there, because I really think it depends on the person and what really drives you. If the idea of driving towards your passions keeps you motivated towards your goals. Go for it right? So I'm not going to get hung up on the words. I am of the opinion that we should be doing things that really make us happy, that brings us pleasure. Hopefully brings us joy, there's a difference there. There is also point where sometimes following that following our bliss doesn't pay the bills. It's so funny you mentioned that because I had a conversation with the client actually just this morning about that same thing. And, you know, she was looking at all of the job titles, and job descriptions, going scratching the head. I don't know what I wanna do will just tell me what you enjoy doing. Right. And what part of your job is soul sucking, and what part of your job is like, soul affirming, and creating and right. The gives you joy, and you have a smile, every time, you do it and often people don't go back in look at the definition. Passion, and really, if you looked at the definition at something that's worthy of you for, which you should sacrifice that you'd be willing to sacrifice to pursue it. And I think if that is your definition as you're looking for that job. The sacrifice can be money as long as you're paying the bills, right there. There is a breaking point. And sometimes we have to put off that passion. But that doesn't mean we have to stop making it our goal we can still be working towards that. And keeping an eye on that, for those who do vision boards or other activities that help keep our minds focused on our goals. Then by all means put that on the vision board. Put it in, you know, this the sticky note on your mirror, whatever that looks like for you keep going, don't sacrifice your future based on what you're doing for today. So that's the caveat that I generally give the other side of that. And. Not meaning to get into the negative right away, but just to help people stay of Jackson when, when they're working on this. If you are taking job because they say, all the right things they say they believe in all the things that you believe in and you take the job knowing that you're going to be underpaid whatever that looks like then you have to take responsibility for the outcomes as well. I have this has happened to me, a couple of times in my career where I've taken a job where they say, all the right things, and they, they really try to show me that this is what they believe in. Right. And they are values and I seem to be in perfect alignment with those values and over time. I realized that what they do, actually isn't really an alignment to what they say they believe. And so now I'm working people that I no longer trust, because I trusted them to. Live what they believe at. No point is this truly their fault other than they're not being authentic. They're not in the interview, not in the right, right.