Saturday 4 August 2012

WANT A LIFE LONG CAREER OR SIMPLY A JOB? CHOOSE WISELY



First view of an article i had sent to Gulf News for publishing. Read below. 



WANT A LIFE LONG CAREER  OR SIMPLY A JOB ?  CHOOSE WISELY


A job or profession becomes a career only when it is followed as ones lifework. An employer or an agent can only offer you a job not a career after a successful interview. After all we apply for a job and not for a career and we don't even go for a career interview but only job interviews. But It is up to the aspirant to pursue it further and transform his job to a full fledged career. Jobs are short lived and careers oftentimes outlive jobs when one follows it religiously.

Give it a test by yourself and find out the real situation. Have you reached your optimal career growth or still at the cross roads and doing the 'jobs'?  You may be surprised at the findings. Check it out.


  1.  How many times you changed your company or Industry in the last 3 years? If it is 5 or more then you are career disoriented. 
  2. Do you contribute to your department regularly apart from your routine job requirements? 'Blame it on time' attitude will take you nowhere. 
  3. Where do you keep your job in the priority list? Number one, two or three? Beyond this a disaster awaits in the form of a life long job doer. 


One need to set his/her career goal at the beginning itself. Your choice of education, industry, company and the job itself will be a deciding factor. Once that is aligned with your desire and needs, you will seldom seek and do a job. Instead you will always live your career.

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