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1/22 What's the difference between a job and a career? \_ women have jobs, men have careers. \_ true statement but one that is sexist and should be kept in a private conversation \_ A job could be anything that pays mortgage or feed the mouth. A career is something that is longer term, most of the time, something you do out of choice. People who clean toilets have a job. People who have a chance to climb corporate ladders have a career. \_ Most people have only one career path in their whole lifetime. Few people have two or more. Most people have several jobs in their lifetime. For example, a person can have jobs and careers like these: Job 1: software engineer Job 2: senior software engineer Job 3: flipping burgers at McDonald's because he got laid off at #2. Job 4: software architect Job 5: flipping burgers at McDonald's because now he likes flipping burgers Job 6: supervisor at McDonald's Job 7: Owner of a McDonald's restaurant. That translates to Career 1: software engineering (Jobs 1-4) Career 2: fast food business (Jobs 5-7) Job 3 is not a career switch because he considered it a temporary job. |
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