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The Difference Between a Career and a Job

I have got a really nice and precise description that is crisp and to the point.I really liked it. It was posted by Ravi on : http://thedesimag.com/2011/04/25/the-difference-between-a-career-and-a-job/ There are things that your boss and your human resource director will probably never tell you. One of them is the fundamental truth that a job is not a career. Your job is an integral part of your career but it differs in many ways from your career. Understanding the difference is perhaps one of the most important steps you can take in your career. Most organizations are geared towards maximizing the productivity of its employees, and by definition, the focus is on people to do their jobs better. Traditional career paths entailed succeeding at a series of jobs and climbing the ladder towards success. That ladder has increasingly become curved and convoluted. Therefore, it is very important that we manage our careers as a business; we need to recognize that if we don’t, we ar