Discussion 52: What is the difference between a career and a job?

Job Club Heart of Texas | 9 comments

What is the difference between a career and a job?

Quoted from article by Trent on The Simple Dollar Web Site

• A job is something you do simply to earn money; a career is a series of connected employment opportunities.

• A job has minimal impact on your future work life; a career provides experience and learning to fuel your future.

• A job offers few networking opportunities; a career is loaded with opportunities.

“When you work at a job, you should do the minimum without annoying the boss. When you’re in a career, you should go the extra mile, doing tasks beyond your minimum job description.”

Not sure I agree with the last statement, you should always do your best.

 

 

 

Career   Career                                 Job
What is it? A career is the pursuit of a lifelong ambition or the general course of progression toward lifelong goals. A job is an activity through which an individual can earn money. It is a regular activity in exchange of payment.
Requirements: Usually requires special learning that includes individualized components that develop abilities beyond that which training is capable of. Education or Special training may or may not be required.
Risk-Taking: A career may not mean stability of work as it encourages one to take risks. The risks are often internal and, therefore, planned. A job is “safe,” as stability of work and income is there. However, shifting priorities, especially in resource jobs, can abruptly change the demand and require re-location which is an unstable factor. Risks may be completely external.
Time: Long term Short term
Income: Varies depending on value to society or to some other entity. Non-monetary benefits may be higher. Salary is more common. Varies by demand. More likely to be wages.
Contribution to Society: May have high value as social change/progress may be possible. May actually have a negative impact when counterproductive social practices are continued in the name of protecting jobs.

 

 

 

What are you pursuing?

 

Come to the Applicant Roundup on Friday, July 19th at the Hampton Inn and Suites-South at 2501 Marketplace, Waco, Texas.

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9 Comments

  1. tommyharper

    As for me I am pursuing either a fourth career or a continuation of my third career, technical education.

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  2. lkmiddlebrook

    I had a career, now looking for a job.

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  3. jamesswanson

    I was taught by my father that if you accepted a person’s pay you give the best that you can do, no matter the job. I’ve found that it creates a work ethic that will follow you around forever.

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  4. scornett

    Career. I hope to find employment that brings fulfillment. I want to enjoy going to work everyday, love what I am doing and it also will provide an income to help with future financial goals of our family.

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  5. Marie

    I had a long time career and loved every day of work. A job would be nice; however, I would have to love what I do. Otherwise, I won’t be happy.

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  6. Eugene Wlodarek

    After all these months without work, I am looking for a job.

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  7. shellycawthon

    A job…something you do until something better comes along.

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  8. Loyd Edwards

    I’m looking for a job that I can turn into a career – once I get my “foot in the door” at a job I can live with.
    The opportunities are there, we just have to identify, manage, and harvest them to our fullest potential.

    Of course, I may or may not be starting up in the field of my job expertise to start with. But once I get in there and they figure out what my best attributes are. Sometimes that transition can happen rather quickly if the new company see’s a greater need for my talents in Information Technology sector of their company’s infrastructure.

    Good luck to all.

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  9. lindanelson

    Because I started working after I was fifty I have never really had a career. I always have tried to go the extra mile in any task I have been given. I think that is just good work ethic.

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