What is the difference between a job and a career?

After reading the first five chapters in The Career Fitness Programand completing the activities at the end of each chapter, please answer the following questions: 1.What is the difference between a job and a career?2.How does this relate to your own career plans?3.Relate Donald Super’s self-concept theory to your own career exploration. In which of hisstages do you find yourself now?4.What values do you believe are the most important for your overall career satisfaction?5.What is your MBTI type and how does this relate to your career?6.What is your Holland type and how does this relate to your career?7.What skills would you most like to use in your future career?8.Which of these skills do you need to develop?9.How will you develop these skills?10. Using the “World-of-Work” map on page 72 (Exhibit 4.3), what areas seem to meet your interests, abilities, and values?11. What areas have you identified for future exploration and research?12. What are your current thoughts about work and career at this point in the classFor our third written assignment, please complete an analysis of occupations that you are seriously considering.Select three occupations that you are currently considering. Complete exercise 7.7 on page 154 of The Career Fitness Program, using at least four sources covered in chapter 7. Note the resources used. Answer the following questions: 13. How does this occupation match your interests?14. How does it match all that you know about your skills?15. Compare this occupation to your work-related values. How does it match up?16. How does this occupation relate to your future goals? How will this affect your lifestyle?17. What are the ways that you could try out this career to determine if it is appropriate for you?18. How does this career relate to your current field?19. Do you believe that you could be successful in this occupation? Do you believe that you could be satisfied with this occupation?20. Rate this occupation on a scale of 1 to 5 (1=low and not a good fit, 5=high and a very 21.22. good fit).
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Written Assignment 4For our fourth written assignment, please complete an analysis of your ability to make decisions, set goals, and manage your time. Complete the following statements:23. I use the following decision-making strategies: . . .24. My assumptions include . . .25. My feelings regarding these decisions are . . .26. The best use of my time right now (according to time management strategies) is . . .27. A long-range goal related to my career is . . .28. A short-term goal related to my career is . . .29. External factors that can affect these career decisions include . . .30. Internal factors that can influence these career decisions include Discussion Forum 2In Discussion Forum 2, post your response to the following discussion questions. Reply toat leasttwo classmates’ responses by the date indicated in the course Calendar. Have you ever taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test or another personality test? Was it helpful? Why or why not? What skill do you have that you would be willing to share with another member of the class? For example: Are you good at baking? Would you be willing to bake cookies for us? or Are you good at English? Would you be willing to proofread a paper?In Discussion Forum 3, post your response to the following discussion topic. Reply to at leasttwo classmates’ responses by the date indicated in the course Calendar. Share three things that you have learned about yourself through this sec