Job and career

Job and career

Job and career

Job and a career are usually used in the same context, but they actually mean pretty different things. While both are focused on how you earn your money, there are more differences than you may realize.A job is more short-term oriented and tends to focus purely on earning money. On the other hand, a career is a series of related employment in one field that provides experience for your future and helps you earn a better paycheck and living status.A common misconception is that you need many years of education to earn a decent career, but there are many careers that only require an associate degree that will greatly improve your paycheck and satisfaction with your working life.Let’s take a deeper look at the difference between these two commonly associated terms.

A job is something you simply do for the money. Usually, jobs have a small impact on future resumes because they aren’t typically related to what your career is or will be. Also, jobs usually offer less networking opportunities because your coworkers often won’t be continuing on to same field as you in your future career.Most jobs consist of hourly wages, are more short-term, and focus on getting a task done.That’s not to say that jobs aren’t valuable. Jobs show your work ethic, which is important to future employers, and money pays the bills! Jobs can help prepare you for a career by providing you with valuable skills like time management and communication

What is a career?

A career is all about building up skills through various employment opportunities, giving you the ability to move on to higher paying and more prestigious ones. Careers provide a foundation of experiences that help fuel your professional life for many years.Careers are more long-term and are about learning, gaining experience, building connections, and putting yourself in the right position for promotions and raises. Also, careers tend to be more salary based, as opposed to hourly based like jobs, and often include benefits such as paid time off and healthcare.

A job is a regular and official activity that you do, and receive money (a salary) for your activity. It is also called a profession or an occupation. When someone is looking for a job, this is sometimes called the “job hunt”. The process of trying to get a specific job – when you send your resume – is called applying for a job.

Your career is the total progression of your professional life. It can include many different jobs over the year

An occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one’s lifework.

An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life and with opportunities for progress.

A field for or pursuit of consecutive progressive achievement especially in public, professional, or business life.

To describe a person’s job, you can say it is:

a demanding job - requires a lot of effort;

a fulfilling / rewarding job -it makes you feel good;

an entry-level job - a job that can be done by someone who is just beginning their career, which doesn’t require much experience or many skills;

a dead-end job - a job that has no opportunities for advancement or promotions;

a high-powered job - a dynamic and important job;

a lucrative job - a job where you earn a lot of money.

Here are a few more collocations with career: embark on a career = begin a career pursue a career = make an effort to have a career a promising career = a career with good future potential a varied career = a career with jobs in many different areas career prospects = career opportunities switch your career = change your career at the height / peak of your career = at the most successful point in your career

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