Job/Occupation/Career What is the difference?

Job Regular work at one place for which you receive payment.

Career The course of one’s life in which work and other activities are integrated to achieve personal goals.

Occupation Refers to a group of similar jobs found in different industries or organizations (e.g. education, engineering, health care etc.)

Activity Decide which is a job(j) or an occupation(o). Nurse Doctor Psychologist Teacher Carpenter

Activity (Con’t) Car Salesperson Air Traffic Controller Engineering Health Care Postal Service Automotive Mechanic Fisherperson

Types of Jobs Available Part-Time Workers: Workers who work from 1 to 34 hours for the majority of weeks in a work year. Casual Workers: Workers who are hired on from time to time for short periods to fulfill specific requirements. Permanent/Temporary Full Time Workers: Workers who work more than 35 hours for the majority of weeks in a work year.

Type of Jobs Available Seasonal Workers: Workers who work in industries that operate within specific seasons (e.g. agricultural, farming, landscaping etc.) Agent/Broker Workers: Workers who often work evenings and weekends and usually are on call to suit the needs of their clients (e.g. real estate agent)

Types of Jobs Available Contractual Workers: Workers who contract out their services to an employer for a specified period of time and/or for a specified amount of work. The salary is agreed upon before the contract begins. Project-Based Teamwork Workers: Workers who work in groups to complete a project. Work is often organized on a group collaborative basis with each worker taking responsibility for an aspect of the project.

Type of Jobs Available Freelance Workers: Workers who are self-employed working in a profession or trade in which full-time employment by a single employer is also common. Consulting Workers: Workers who help companies to improve performance through analysis of existing problems and development of future plans, best practices, technology implementations, strategy development etc.

Type of Jobs Available Piecework Workers: Workers who get paid according to the quantity of work they produce. Entrepreneurship Workers: Workers who start their own business by assuming the financial risk of the initiation, operation and management of the business.

Types of Working Arrangements Telecommuting Workers: Workers who work at an alternative site, such as at home, usually one or more days per month, thereby reducing their commutes. Flextime Workers: Workers who work a non-traditional work schedule that allows them to meet personal needs.

Types of Working Arrangements Work Sharing Workers: Workers who share a reduced work week with their co-workers as a result of downsizing at the workplace. Some work sharing arrangements are entered voluntarily by the worker to allow them to work part-time at the same job. Compressed Work Week Workers: Workers who work more hours per day but fewer days over the course of one or two work weeks.

Types of Working Arrangements Home-Based Workers: Workers who work from their homes in either self-employment situations or employees of companies, businesses etc.

Other Working Arrangements Leave Time: Workers can avail of leave time for a variety of reasons and it can be paid or unpaid (e.g. sick leave, maternity leave, educational leave etc.) Phased Retirement: Workers who are close to their retirement date can reduce their work weeks leading up to it and gradually ease into retirement.