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One may interpret a career as a job or series of jobs performed for a long period of time. Careers are based on working at jobs in the same occupation or profession for many years. Different careers require different education and training, yet all career changes require money to pay training costs. People make many decisions over a lifetime about their education, jobs, and careers that affect their incomes and job opportunities.
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Lucey, T.A., Agnello, M.F., Laney, J.D. (2015). Careers. In: A Critically Compassionate Approach to Financial Literacy. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-130-4_3
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