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Is there a difference between a Job & a Career ?

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Question added by Tareq Ibrahim , Freelance Translator , AL-Madarat AL-Ma'arefeyyah For Translation
Date Posted: 2014/07/09
Moinul Islam
by Moinul Islam , HR Manager , NTIER Softwares

Job could be one of the means to move along and achieve the career goals.

Syed Muhammad Ahtsham ul Haq Shah
by Syed Muhammad Ahtsham ul Haq Shah , Products and Real Estate Photographer , AW Group of Industries

in simple words "job" is a unit of career :)

Zahid Hussein
by Zahid Hussein , President , Sustainable Resource Foundation (SuRF)

A job is an event in the longhaul process called career:)_

Moataz Elhariry
by Moataz Elhariry , Chief of Financial Controlling& Development Department , Alhasan Alnaamy Group

To me a job is something anyone can learn to do and a career is something you have to be educated in a certain area for

Job is to gain money but career is to gain respect

A job is a "means to an end", it provides employment and a salary so that, in the most basic of ways, a person can survive and provide for themselves and their families. A career goes beyond this premise as it is a vocation although it effects the same "basics" as a job (employment, salary) these are almost secondary as a career is about interest, longevity, progression/advancement etc etc.

infant santhosh sherin
by infant santhosh sherin , Asst.Lecturer , St.Eugene University

career is a persons life long ambition...... its his dream about him.

Job is an essential to human life.

In simple words Career is how world depends on him and Job is how he depends on the world.

job is something you do to in the short term to earn cash. It’s filling a work role within a business exchange for money.A career, though, is a long-term pursuit of a lifelong ambition. You may or may not need any particular education or special training to do a job but a career requires some sort of specialized training that develops an individual’s ability to do the work that career entails. In some cases, this training can come in the form of experience.

مظهر علي محمد الفياض
by مظهر علي محمد الفياض , رئيس قسم التخطيط والادارة , الدفاع المدني

in abbreviation job is for money,career is for your self (profession)

Tareq Ibrahim
by Tareq Ibrahim , Freelance Translator , AL-Madarat AL-Ma'arefeyyah For Translation

On the face of it , on one hand , to some people , most of the times , the two words are identical , alike & commensurate with each others . On the other hand , to most people , if not all , they're interchangeable , indistinguishable & undifferentiated . Now , beneath the surface , & , if one digs deep deeply enough , the two vocabularies , to my mind , are mutually exclusive , & , yet , they're inextricably interwoven , intertwined & interrelated . This symbiotic relationship emanates from the fact that both of them are predicated & based on three crucial & essential monads , & they are ( Speciality - Duration - Changeability ) . As for the first building block the ( Speciality ) , a Career is considered as such ( As a Career ) , when the person in question is practicing & putting their special interests or skills , that they enrolled in an Academic entity for & got a Degree in , into a practical application in a specific relevant & related position , i.e ( A law Degree for a Lawyer ) .If this Law-Degree Holder had a position that did not require this degree , but any degree for that matter , or even none , then this position could be considered as a Job not a Career . ( Mutually Exclusive ) . Now , if this person had no problem , qualm or queasiness with this position that did not require a Law Degree , or no degree at all , & , most importantly , he or she considered it as a Career & not a Job , then , for all intents & purposes , it would be looked at as such , as a Career . ( Inextricably Interwoven ) . This leads to the second constituent ( Duration ) . Normally , a Career is arrived at when it's proprietor spent a somewhat considerable time honing & perfecting his or her craft , to the point that they could convincingly & wholeheartedly put across the message that they have a Career that they can be proud of . Whereas a Job usually requires a period of time that does not go as far in span as a Career does . However , & here's the rub of the issue , sometimes one could attain & obtain the level of a Career in a short period of time , & , one could spend along time in a certain position , & , still they cannot call it a Career , but a Job . It all depends on the personal traits , mental capacity & exerted effort of the incumbent , & , how they managed to utilize & employ such factors to achieve their ultimate goal of having a Career which is ever-evolving & thriving . That does not mean that a Job position could not be as Successful . One , simply , could be holding a Job Position ( Not a Career post ) , & ,still be successful . And this leads to the third segment ( Changeability ) , which applies more to the Job situation than it is to the Career one . In other words , if one is successful at a certain position , & , is regarded as a Career , then nothing's left for it's holder but to keep on keeping on , by continuing to hone , sharpen , refine , improve their skills , so that they'd continue to be outstanding & prominent . The nub & crux , is when a Job-holding individual who's successful at what he or she does , decides that this Job is the One ( The It ) , & , he or she will continue at it as a Career , or , that they decide , that since that they're not satisfied or even not successful , to switch ( Change ) to another line of work that could be successful , whether in the near or far future , & , could be perceived as a Career . Now , that does not mean that a successful Job-holder to begin with cannot Change to a totally different line of work , & , becomes successful at it too , & , even considers it as A career . last but certainly not least , one could argue that so long as one is in love with their work , & , successful at what they do , then the issue of ( Job or Career ) is just pure & mere semantics , & , termenology wouldn't make that much of a difference at the end of the day , especially when it comes to this issue , & , it ( The issue ) would render itself extraneous , irrelevant & impertinent . After all , it's all a matter of perspective , & , most , if not all things , are considered relative & comparative . ( & That's the way it goes ) .

Ismi Puji Hastuti
by Ismi Puji Hastuti , English Teacher , SMK Widya Taruna

Job is important in aspect that person needs money to live, Career is what make a person as someone decide to be what kind of person he/ she is

JOB:

- Definition: a paid position of regular employment, activities which one can earn money;

- Requirement: education or special training may or may not be required

- Risk: Job is considered as safe where a person doesnt take a risks and just does what he has to

   in exchange for money

- Time: Sort term

- Income: Varies by demand as an income/ finance aspect

- Contribution to society: Job only have little contribution to society, only in terms of empoyment or

   unemployment rates, along withmoving of cash 

CAREER:

- Deffinition: an occupation/ profession undertaken  for significant periods of a person's life with

  progress opportunities

- Requirement: requires education/ specialized studies or special learning, including personal

   components that develop abilities beyond that which training capable of;

- Risk: career may not means stability of works as it encourages one to take risks (to reach

   progress of longlife goals of a person)

- Time: Long term of Time

- Income: Varies depending on value to society or some other entity, non-financial benefits maybe

   higher, salary is also common

- Contribution to society: May have high value as social change/ progress may be possible

i think there's a huge difference between a job and career but in simple words a job is the post you get depending on what kind of diploma you have so it's basicly the next automatic step you take 'get' after finishing studies in normal societies while the career is what you spend the rest of your lifr trying to build by proving yourself in that post if you change your job u'll start from  0  but both will still be part of your career

career is somhow the outcome of a  long time experience ... or so i see it 

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