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