Paradigm Shift Part II Is It Really Job Search vs. Career Management

Paradigm Shift Part II â€" Is It Really Job Search vs. Career Management Okay so the first post was a little more popular than I expected ?? It spun off a few blog posts here and here and here. I wanted to bring their posts into the discussion because they intrigued me Matt at Insourced starts out with: Jason claims that job search is â€Å"out† and career management is â€Å"in†. What’s that mean exactly? Basically, it’s Jason’s own approach to the â€Å"job hunt†. I dont entirely agree with this I dont think job search is out (but understand why he wrote that :)), and was happy to see him expand on it: the â€Å"career management† approach is all-inclusive. In short, job search isn’t really â€Å"out†, as I suggested of Jason’s model, it’s just that it’s not the entire focus. Job search is simply a smaller part of a larger approach, that being â€Å"career management†. job search and career management are not mutually exclusive and everyone engaging in career management must still conduct a job search. Those engaged only in a job search, however, don’t necessarily engage in career management. EXCELLENT this is an excellent point and I think because I was making one point I left this point unmade so thanks Matt. My point was that you shouldnt settle in a mental state of job search and neglect career management (especially if you are already employed!). But Matt says that a job search is a subset of career management. Thank you! Dan Johnson, Jr. kind of took the wind out of my pollyanna career management sail with this: Im finding that Career Management was easier when I was looking for work. Now that Im working, its harder and harder for me to stay in that mindset. Im spending more time thinking about projects at work than my own career management. Ugh that brings me back to reality but he closes his concept with this statement that is too true (and too often unspoken): I dont want to be misled into a false sense of job security. Right now work is going strong, but I still need to keep my eyes on the big picture. Excellent I guess career management is like balaning the checkbook we all know we should do it but its not as easy or fun as say, eating a bag of MMs. Finally, Rick Turoczy at More than a living says: But it’s (job search and career management) all on the same path. and career management is about being involved in your career–taking control. Job search, on the other hand, is about being reactive and out of control. Thanks guys, these are great additions to the conversation! If youre searching for a new job one of the factors you should consider is what family and individual health insurance packages they offer.   Business health insurance often cost employees much less than a standard health insurance because they get a group discount.   Cheap health insurance is very important because health care  is often a substantial portion of your yearly expenses. Paradigm Shift Part II â€" Is It Really Job Search vs. Career Management Okay so the first post was a little more popular than I expected ?? It spun off a few blog posts here and here and here. I wanted to bring their posts into the discussion because they intrigued me Matt at Insourced starts out with: Jason claims that job search is â€Å"out† and career management is â€Å"in†. What’s that mean exactly? Basically, it’s Jason’s own approach to the â€Å"job hunt†. I dont entirely agree with this I dont think job search is out (but understand why he wrote that :)), and was happy to see him expand on it: the â€Å"career management† approach is all-inclusive. In short, job search isn’t really â€Å"out†, as I suggested of Jason’s model, it’s just that it’s not the entire focus. Job search is simply a smaller part of a larger approach, that being â€Å"career management†. job search and career management are not mutually exclusive and everyone engaging in career management must still conduct a job search. Those engaged only in a job search, however, don’t necessarily engage in career management. EXCELLENT this is an excellent point and I think because I was making one point I left this point unmade so thanks Matt. My point was that you shouldnt settle in a mental state of job search and neglect career management (especially if you are already employed!). But Matt says that a job search is a subset of career management. Thank you! Dan Johnson, Jr. kind of took the wind out of my pollyanna career management sail with this: Im finding that Career Management was easier when I was looking for work. Now that Im working, its harder and harder for me to stay in that mindset. Im spending more time thinking about projects at work than my own career management. Ugh that brings me back to reality but he closes his concept with this statement that is too true (and too often unspoken): I dont want to be misled into a false sense of job security. Right now work is going strong, but I still need to keep my eyes on the big picture. Excellent I guess career management is like balaning the checkbook we all know we should do it but its not as easy or fun as say, eating a bag of MMs. Finally, Rick Turoczy at More than a living says: But it’s (job search and career management) all on the same path. and career management is about being involved in your career–taking control. Job search, on the other hand, is about being reactive and out of control. Thanks guys, these are great additions to the conversation! If youre searching for a new job one of the factors you should consider is what family and individual health insurance packages they offer.   Business health insurance often cost employees much less than a standard health insurance because they get a group discount.   Cheap health insurance is very important because health care  is often a substantial portion of your yearly expenses. Paradigm Shift Part II â€" Is It Really Job Search vs. Career Management Okay so the first post was a little more popular than I expected ?? It spun off a few blog posts here and here and here. I wanted to bring their posts into the discussion because they intrigued me Matt at Insourced starts out with: Jason claims that job search is â€Å"out† and career management is â€Å"in†. What’s that mean exactly? Basically, it’s Jason’s own approach to the â€Å"job hunt†. I dont entirely agree with this I dont think job search is out (but understand why he wrote that :)), and was happy to see him expand on it: the â€Å"career management† approach is all-inclusive. In short, job search isn’t really â€Å"out†, as I suggested of Jason’s model, it’s just that it’s not the entire focus. Job search is simply a smaller part of a larger approach, that being â€Å"career management†. job search and career management are not mutually exclusive and everyone engaging in career management must still conduct a job search. Those engaged only in a job search, however, don’t necessarily engage in career management. EXCELLENT this is an excellent point and I think because I was making one point I left this point unmade so thanks Matt. My point was that you shouldnt settle in a mental state of job search and neglect career management (especially if you are already employed!). But Matt says that a job search is a subset of career management. Thank you! Dan Johnson, Jr. kind of took the wind out of my pollyanna career management sail with this: Im finding that Career Management was easier when I was looking for work. Now that Im working, its harder and harder for me to stay in that mindset. Im spending more time thinking about projects at work than my own career management. Ugh that brings me back to reality but he closes his concept with this statement that is too true (and too often unspoken): I dont want to be misled into a false sense of job security. Right now work is going strong, but I still need to keep my eyes on the big picture. Excellent I guess career management is like balaning the checkbook we all know we should do it but its not as easy or fun as say, eating a bag of MMs. Finally, Rick Turoczy at More than a living says: But it’s (job search and career management) all on the same path. and career management is about being involved in your career–taking control. Job search, on the other hand, is about being reactive and out of control. Thanks guys, these are great additions to the conversation! If youre searching for a new job one of the factors you should consider is what family and individual health insurance packages they offer.   Business health insurance often cost employees much less than a standard health insurance because they get a group discount.   Cheap health insurance is very important because health care  is often a substantial portion of your yearly expenses.