{"id":809,"date":"2025-08-14T18:09:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/?post_type=chapter&p=809"},"modified":"2025-08-14T18:09:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:09:55","slug":"1-2-job-vs-career","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/chapter\/1-2-job-vs-career\/","title":{"rendered":"1.2 Job vs. Career"},"content":{"raw":"A job <\/strong>is work you do mainly to earn money, often without a long-term plan for advancement in that field. It may be short-term, part-time, or something you do while preparing for other opportunities. A career<\/strong> is a series of connected jobs in the same field or line of work that build on each other over time. Careers usually involve setting long-term goals, developing skills, and gaining experience to grow in your chosen profession.\r\n\r\nFor example, someone might take a job as a clerk in a city office to earn income. If that person continues working in government, moves into new roles with more responsibility, and builds expertise in public administration, they are building a career in public service.","rendered":"

A job <\/strong>is work you do mainly to earn money, often without a long-term plan for advancement in that field. It may be short-term, part-time, or something you do while preparing for other opportunities. A career<\/strong> is a series of connected jobs in the same field or line of work that build on each other over time. Careers usually involve setting long-term goals, developing skills, and gaining experience to grow in your chosen profession.<\/p>\n

For example, someone might take a job as a clerk in a city office to earn income. If that person continues working in government, moves into new roles with more responsibility, and builds expertise in public administration, they are building a career in public service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":406,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-809","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":810,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/809\/revisions\/810"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/809\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=809"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=809"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}