Job Search is to _____ as Career Management is to _____
October 27th, 2008
Job Search is to sprint as Career Management is to marathon.
Job Search is to over soon as Career Management is to never ending.
Job Search is to fad diet as Career Management is to lifestyle eating.
Job Search is to tactics as Career Management is to strategy.
Job Search is to pay the bills as Career Management is to income security.
What’s yours?


October 27th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Job Search is to ongoing frustration as Career Management is to ongoing satisfaction!
October 27th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Job Search is to renting as Career Management is to owning!
October 27th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Job search is to a PATH as Career Management is to a COMPASS.
October 27th, 2008 at 11:10 am
[...] Mad Lips for the job/career crew – JibberJobber blog [...]
October 27th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Job Search is to top ramen as Career Management is to Lasagna at your favorite Italian place.
October 27th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
The three C’s of personal branding;
Job search is to what ever message lands a job as career management is to clarity
Job search is to change with the flow as career management is to consistency
Job search is to quick fix as career management is to constancy
or in branding
Job search is to Wal Mart as career management is to Nordstrom
Job search is to Tim Hortons as career management is to Starbucks
Job search is to GM/Chrysler/Ford as career management is to Toyota
October 27th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
[...] at his blog today, Jason Alba posted a bunch of comparisons of Job Search and Career Management, all in the [...]
October 27th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
This is TOO FUN! Why didn’t I do this earlier?? Thanks everyone for the comments, I’m totally cracking up! Here are three that Mike Murray put on his Episteme.ca blog:
Job search is to accident as career management is to plan.
Job search is to workout as career management is to training.
Job search is to dating as career management is to marriage.
October 27th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Job search is to panic as career management is to peace.
October 27th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Job Search is to takeout as Career Management is to a well stocked Pantry
October 27th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Job Search is to a Stephen King novel as Career Management is to that great literary classic you’re always meaning to get around to reading.
October 27th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
What creative and fun comments! Great post, Jason!
October 27th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Thought with a twist…….
Doing the same as you have always done is job search, personal branding is career management (even when you are job searching!)
Great fun Jason - thanks for the smiles today
October 27th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Job search is to Jason Alba as career management is to Jibber Jobber
October 27th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Job Search is to Twittering as Career Management is to Blogging
October 28th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Job search is to brushstroke as career management is to masterpiece
October 28th, 2008 at 7:01 am
[...] Yesterday’s post was my shortest, and perhaps my funnest, post. I gave a few Job Search is to ___ as Career Management is to ___ examples, and there were about a dozen others who chipped in with their own. There were a few that just had me laughing, like Mike Murray’s: Job search is to dating as career management is to marriage. [...]
October 28th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
EXCELLENT comments, everybody! Great post to start them off, Jason!