Career vs Job

Job
• Definition
– Position in which one is employed
– A specific piece of work to be done for a set fee:
an expensive repair job.
– The object to be worked on.
– Something resulting from or produced by work.
 Job
• Means to an end
– Help pay for college
– Make extra money
– Help pay bills

• May lead to a career

 Career
• Definition

– A profession for which one trains and which is

undertaken as permanent calling
 Career
• You build during a lifetime
• Excites you
• Use your best skills and talents
• Fits with your lifestyle
 Career Planning
• Ability to look ahead and think about where
you are going and what steps you need to get
there
 Questions to ask yourself…
• What are your personal interests and skills?
– Skills
• activities that you do well

– What are you good in, what do you enjoy, what is

your personality, your unique selling point
 Questions to ask yourself…
• What are your values, and how will they affect
your career?

– Values
• the principles you live by and the beliefs that are
important to you
 List of Values
– Responsibility- being dependant and taking positive
actions, such as showing up on time to take a friend to an
appointment
– Achievement- want to be a success in whatever you do
– Relationships- value interaction with your friends and
family
– Compassion-care for people, animals, or special causes
– Courage- being brave in the face of physical danger and the
ability to overcome other fears
– Recognition-acknowledgement and appreciation
 Questions to ask yourself…
• What lifestyle interests you?
– Lifestyle
• the way you use your time, energy, and resources

• Work
• Money
• Family
• Location
 Questions to ask yourself…
• How will your personality affect a career
choice?
– Personality
• A set of unique qualities that makes us different from
all other people

– Confident, funny, dependable, compassionate

 Research the Possibilities
• Career Models
• Guidance counselors
• Networking
– Talking to people that have that career
• Print materials
• Internet
• Professional Organizations
 Set Career Goals
• Map Out a Plan
• Education
• On-the-Job Training
• Internships
 Career Quiz
• Take the Princeton Review Career Quiz

• http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/quiz/care
er_quiz1.asp

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