Unrealistic expectations amid the country's continued unemployment struggles are a double-edged sword that can cut equally into the well-being of job seekers and the companies that hire them, says a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) strategic management expert.

More than 6 million Americans have lost their jobs since the start of the country's most recent recession in 2008, and new jobs data released by the U.S. Department of Labor March 5 shows another 36,000 jobs were lost in February, leaving the country's unemployment rate at 9.7 percent.

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