Career changes in a lifetime

[dfrecore]

I have to admit to not really knowing the distinction between job change and career change. At the bottom of the ladder there doesn't really seem to be much difference.
My jobs/careers? have included
Commissioned jewelry sales
Animal shelter kennel worker
Animal shelter veterinary assistant
Overnight retail stocker
Overnight grocery manager
Retail department manager
Commissioned furniture sales
Factory work- installing hubs in grinding wheels
Warehouse stocker
Tech support for Apple
Inventory clerk- supervisory level
Warehouse clerk - (driving forklift and cherry picker)
Library Assistant - teen programming and item processing

I'm not sure how someone would divide that up into jobs or careers.

I'm also going to say that most (all) of these don't require a degree - so there's no need to get a 2nd/3rd degree for them.

But I agree, if I look at my jobs back when I was in my teens/early 20's, they were random.  Then, when I started working in accounting, and found my niche, it kind of led to other things.  I went from Accounting Analyst to Payroll/Stock Plan Administrator to Stock Plan/401(k) Plan Administrator to Compensation Analyst/Consultant to Compensation Manager.  Were those all career changes?  Not really - they were each promotions, sometimes within a company, sometimes leaving, always a step up from what I'd been doing prior, and always were dependent upon the previous position's skills/knowledge.

Now degree planner/transcript evaluator is a complete change.  So I'm going to say I've changed careers twice - but I'll be if you put me in this study, I've changed a dozen times or more.