A recruiter has delivered a reality check for young Australians who expect work to be "fun". Career coach Tammie Christofis Ballis dished out the advice after a complaint that finding a great work environment was tough.

Ballis, from Realistic Careers, told Yahoo Finance that Gen Z and Millennials had unrealistic expectations about what their day-to-day work life would look like. She said there were sweeteners that bosses could implement, but warned that sometimes you just had to get on with it.

"This concept of, 'do your dream job and you'll never work a day in your life', it's a lie," she said.

"Work is work ... You're not going to be skipping around and laughing all day.

"It's a totally warped way of thinking."

Ballis noted an attitude from potential younger recruits who had focused on the question: "What was the company going to do to get me to come on board?"

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Recruitment agency Randstad found that 39 per cent of Aussie workers would reject a job if it didn't have the benefits they wanted.

These perks are wide-ranging. It could be anything from fun office toys like ping pong tables, a beer fridge, a free gym membership, or free transport.

This is particularly important for workplaces that want to bring staff back to the office.

An overwhelming 79 per cent of respondents said that offering staff better office perks would be the trick that could get them to return.

Work warning as more Aussies headed for unemployment line

But Ballis warned Aussies to have a rethink of the job market before making demands.

Unlike the days of the 'Great Resignation', where employees had the power to negotiate greater benefits as employers struggled to find a stable workforce, the labor market is tightening and power is shifting.

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock warned Tuesday that this meant more people trying to enter the workforce would be finding themselves "in an unemployment line".

The RBA has forecast the unemployment rate to creep up from 4.1 per cent to 4.4 per cent by June next year, and for wages growth to start falling.

"The think it's some utopia that's going to exist when they turn up to work, and it's not," Ballis said.

"It's not going to be like that. It's really hard."