When did you know you were no longer working a job, but building a career?
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With my first internship in college....."jobs" to me were things like summer positions waiting tables, being a lifeguard, catering, etc. Anything with "engineering" in my title has been part of my career. And even if i change careers, I'll still look at this time period as a career. A career is something I cultivate and nurture...
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For me it was when I was part of a compensation review and I realized that I fit into the Professional category and am no longer considered to be administrative. Also, when I had people to manage and it wasn't just making sure they show up to work on time or don't overtake their vacation, and was more about career development, etc.
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I suppose it had to do with the schooling I had to take in order to get into my profession. Once I got a job within my field, I had no intentions of ever leaving, thus I started my career.
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Post-grad school, I was working in a career.
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I've had many jobs - work that I didn't really feel I had a future in, just paying the bills at the time. I'm just getting started in my new career - I've finished school, taken my board exams, in the process of getting registered. This is something that I want to do for a long time.
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When I became self employed. You've got to want it in order to deal with the extra hassle of self employment.
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When you can see yourself staying in and advancing in the field you're in.
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Once I graduated college and got a position in my studied field, I considered it a career not a job.
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I guess after 2 years and getting promoted, I decided that I'm definitely staying in this field and building a career where I have goals of where I want to be in x years.
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@LuLu Mom: same here - "Once I graduated college and got a position in my studied field, I considered it a career not a job."
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Once I got a position in my field of study. I did several internships during school, so I started early I guess.
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I happened to stumble into an internship that became a part time job in a very specific field, so I knew that was probably the beginning of my career. It was the summer after I graduated from high school! The internship began as a very basic office job to gain experience (the task on my first day was to re-order the mailbox slots to be alphabetical!) but a few months later, the department I was interning for was eliminated. Instead of getting rid of me, they transferred me... I started managing server inventory and maintenance, then I began building servers!
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@mrs. wagon: My career started in a similar way.
I wanted the summer off after high school instead of going to university. My mom said N-to the -O. So she got me a job as a receptionist at her office for experience. I had to answer phones for one of the men renting an office in my mom's space, and he, I guess, saw potential in me and hired me as his assistant. He brought me to the company I'm working for now. I started here, cleaning out an office of a man who left suddenly. Which was filthy. After the office was cleaned, they ended up keeping me on in a specific field and I shadowed the girl here, at the time.
Now, 9 years later, I'm the only one here who does my job and I'm currently finishing my courses to get an "official" title.
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I think you can say you're in a career when you would be hired for your expertise. I started out in a job, any job, in my chosen field, but now I am much more selective in assignments I take on. I am very specialized right now.
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Even though I have always worked in the field I majored in college I realized I had a career when I earned my last promotion. That solidified in my mind that what I do impacts the company in a positive way.
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When I decided to run my own business full time, I was certain I wouldn't go back to working a regular 9-5. It's a lot of work but I wouldn't trade it for a second.
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