diff --git a/rq/job.py b/rq/job.py
index fdc4b57..274b631 100644
--- a/rq/job.py
+++ b/rq/job.py
@@ -291,11 +291,8 @@ class Job(object):
         self._status = as_text(obj.get('status') if obj.get('status') else None)
         self.meta = unpickle(obj.get('meta')) if obj.get('meta') else {}
 
-    def save(self, pipeline=None):
-        """Persists the current job instance to its corresponding Redis key."""
-        key = self.key
-        connection = pipeline if pipeline is not None else self.connection
-
+    def dump(self):
+        """Returns a serialization of the current job instance"""
         obj = {}
         obj['created_at'] = times.format(self.created_at or times.now(), 'UTC')
 
@@ -322,7 +319,14 @@ class Job(object):
         if self.meta:
             obj['meta'] = dumps(self.meta)
 
-        connection.hmset(key, obj)
+        return obj
+
+    def save(self, pipeline=None):
+        """Persists the current job instance to its corresponding Redis key."""
+        key = self.key
+        connection = pipeline if pipeline is not None else self.connection
+
+        connection.hmset(key, self.dump())
 
     def cancel(self):
         """Cancels the given job, which will prevent the job from ever being
@@ -379,13 +383,13 @@ class Job(object):
         - If it's a positive number, set the job to expire in X seconds.
         - If result_ttl is negative, don't set an expiry to it (persist
           forever)
-        """        
+        """
         if ttl == 0:
             self.cancel()
         elif ttl > 0:
             connection = pipeline if pipeline is not None else self.connection
             connection.expire(self.key, ttl)
-        
+
 
     def __str__(self):
         return '<Job %s: %s>' % (self.id, self.description)