dream job
Ideal professional goal
A dream job is an ideal occupation—the work someone most wants to do, perfectly matching their skills, interests, and desires.
The phrase acknowledges that such positions are aspirational, often unrealized: She landed her dream job at a wildlife sanctuary.
What constitutes a dream job varies wildly by person—one person's dream is another's nightmare.
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- passionIntense emotional drive
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- ambitionDesire for achievement
career goals · vocation · calling · success · making it · promotion · big break · salary · interview · resume · corner office · entrepreneur · purpose · hired · workplace · achievement · goal · milestone
- Career Journeyresume, promotion, layoff, burnout, retirement
- life goalscareer, get married, world peace, purpose, aim
- fantasiesfantasy, wishful thinking, illusion, make-believe, imagination
- Lifetime Eventswedding, birth, first love, first steps, first words
- Career Planningcareer choice, career goals, career aspirations, career satisfaction, career assessment
- work9 to 5, labor, employee, profession, employer
dream jobdead-end job
Position lacking advancement opportunity
McJob · drudgery · grunt work · wage slavery · rat race
dream jobsettling
Reaching resolution or rest
day job · paying the bills · backup plan · any port in a storm · making do
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