| As you enter the job market, (for the first | | | | and then decide that you want to be a |
| time or after a while) you might find that | | | | high-paid lawyer, but the reality of the |
| there are a lot of buzzwords thrown around, | | | | matter is that you will have to go to law |
| including the terms career and job. You | | | | school for years, which is an expensive and |
| might be looking for a career, but you aren't | | | | time-consuming proposition. Also, you might |
| going to enter the career market! Decide if | | | | find that a real-life courtroom isn't as |
| you are looking for a job or a career today, | | | | stimulating as a courtroom drama series. So |
| and how to get the position you | | | | if you have set a career goal, speak to |
| want.According to the Oxford English | | | | people in that career. Volunteer or intern |
| Dictionary, a job is a piece of work that you | | | | in that environment so that you know what to |
| do because of your occupation. A job also | | | | expect in your future life.You can also |
| describes paid employment. A career, | | | | create a career out of a job. Perhaps you |
| according to the OED, is a "person's course | | | | work as an assistant in an office. If you |
| or progress through life." This article | | | | want to become a sales representative, you |
| defines job as the place where you are | | | | might need to take some courses. You might |
| employed, and career as the field in which | | | | need to put in a few years behind the front |
| you work.Even though you might have lost your | | | | desk. Ask your supervisor what opportunities |
| job, you may still have a career. For | | | | you have for advancement, and how you can |
| instance, if you are an x-ray technician who | | | | achieve it. Another way to create a career |
| has been laid off, chances are that you will | | | | out of a job is to work in retail and accept |
| be able to find new work in the field. Your | | | | promotions that you get to management. |
| job might change slightly: you might become a | | | | Management is often more work and more hours, |
| dental x-ray technician, or a veterinary | | | | but the higher pay and possibility for |
| x-ray technician rather than a hospital x-ray | | | | promotion might appeal to you.Some people |
| technician, but you will still remain an | | | | choose to work a job while they are trying to |
| x-ray technician.You can choose to change | | | | create a career. Many students work summer |
| either your job or your career. For | | | | jobs that are not related to their field. |
| instance, you might still want to have your | | | | They might want the break from the same |
| career as a computer technician, but you want | | | | material, or they might not be able to find a |
| to advance to a higher paying and more | | | | job in their field until they have completed |
| prestigious job. This would mean finding a | | | | their degree. If you take a job, consider |
| new a job and quitting your current job. | | | | how it affects your career. Are you biding |
| Conversely, you might feel that you want to | | | | your time there until you can break into a |
| change your career. Perhaps you no longer | | | | separate market? If so, when and how will |
| feel that you want to be a computer | | | | you make your move to your career? Many |
| technician and instead you would like to | | | | people work at a job while they search for a |
| become a journalist. Career-changes are more | | | | career; if you don't keep your ultimate goals |
| time-consuming that job-changes because they | | | | in your mind, you might end up staying at the |
| often require training. You will find | | | | job you don't particularly care for for much |
| yourself looking for experience in a field | | | | longer than you had originally planned.There |
| with which you don't have experience. | | | | are careers that are often begun later in |
| Neither career-changes nor job-changes are | | | | life. Many careers in ministry are begun |
| impossible, and often they bring much | | | | after retiring from a first career. A career |
| happiness.When you are looking for a new job, | | | | in politics can similarly begin after having |
| it is important to consider what this means | | | | a career in a different field.Career |
| for your career. Some people choose not to | | | | planning, like all planning, takes both |
| have a career. Rather than having an | | | | short- and long-term thinking. Make your |
| over-arching goal in life, or in the field in | | | | goals accordingly. Write down your goals so |
| which they wish to specialize, they would | | | | that you can refer back to them and see how |
| rather simply move from job to job. They | | | | you are progressing.While you are looking for |
| might wait tables for a few years, then work | | | | a job, always think about your career. You |
| as a receptionist, then work in retail.You | | | | will be able to find your ideal job if you |
| can, however, choose to have a career. In | | | | work diligently and are not afraid of a few |
| order to have a career, you need to have a | | | | rejections. So go find that perfect job, or |
| plan. What are your interests? What would | | | | simply find a job while you work on building |
| you like to be paid? Once you have planned | | | | the career of your dreams.If you are looking |
| your goals, you might have to take certain | | | | for a career or job, start with the perfect |
| steps to achieve them. It is all well and | | | | resume. Find all you need to know about |
| good to watch a few episodes of Law & Order | | | | resume writing from The Guide to Resumes. |