A job is something employees do simply to earn money; a career is a series of connected employment opportunities. While employees in some cultures and economies stay with one job during their career, there is an increasing trend for employees changing jobs more frequently. Both of these perspectives, objective and subjective focus on the individual. Both assume that people have some degree of control over their destinies and that they can manipulate opportunities in order to maximize the success and satisfaction derived from their careers. A career goal is all about setting short-term and long-term objectives related to one’s career path. Setting career goals is important, as it helps propel individuals to accomplish them.

Workforce had a high school diploma, 64% had some college, and 34% had at least a bachelor’s degree. Career support is offered by a range of different mechanisms. Much career support is informal and provided through personal networks or existing relationships such as management. There is a market for private career support however the bulk of career support that exists as a professionalised activity is provided by the public sector. However this use of the term “career guidance” can be confusing as the term is also commonly used to describe the activities of career counselors.

Along with developing a realistic self-concept, or an identity that they deem to represent his true self, he will also be faced with his limitations, and will start accepting them. The child will start developing attitudes, recognizing his needs and preferences, and gain a general understanding of the world of work. The biological age of the person does not necessarily have to correspond to the development stage. Individuals may be experiencing (and re-experiencing) some stages even when they do not belong in the specified age range. Super described self-concept as the “product of the interaction of a person’s inherited characteristics, neural and endocrine makeup, opportunity to play various roles, and resulting outcomes of role-playing success”.