Most people don’t choose the wrong job.

They evaluate it the wrong way. In Episode 14 of The Intentional Workplace Podcast, “Choose the Career, Not Just the Job,” Jacob Stone and Maria Williams shift the lens to the candidate side - and unpack why so many roles look right on paper but feel wrong in reality.

Here’s the pattern we see over and over:

• Candidates optimize for title, salary, or speed instead of long-term fit
• Job descriptions are taken at face va ...