career-oriented
Focused on work
Career-oriented describes someone who prioritizes professional advancement and success.
A career-oriented person makes decisions—about education, relationships, location—with an eye toward their work trajectory: She's too career-oriented to take time off for travel.
The term can be neutral or slightly critical, implying someone neglects other aspects of life for professional ambition.
Managing career and home
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- trade-offExchange requiring sacrifice
- delayed gratificationPostponing pleasure for benefit
- deferredSet aside until later
childless · unmarried · workload · overtime · relocation · single-minded · focused · postponed
Compulsive labor addict
- dedicatedWholly committed to something
- committedFirmly pledged or bound
- industriousDevoted to steady effort
- credentialedHaving formal qualifications verified
specialized · skilled · qualified · trained · experienced · white-collar · corporate · businesslike
Intensely determined to achieve
- motivatedSpurred to action
- success-drivenMotivated by accomplishment
- upwardly mobileRising in social class
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
purposeful · strategic · ladder-climbing · competitive · forward-thinking · calculating · networking · climbing
Ambitious urban professional
- DINKEarner pair, childless
- urbanPertaining to cities
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- mobileCapable of movement
transient · apartment · condo · commuter · briefcase · conferences · seminars · after-hours
work-life balance
Managing career and home
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- trade-offExchange requiring sacrifice
- delayed gratificationPostponing pleasure for benefit
deferred · childless · unmarried · workload · overtime · relocation · single-minded · focused · postponed · commitment
workaholic
Compulsive labor addict
- dedicatedWholly committed to something
- committedFirmly pledged or bound
- industriousDevoted to steady effort
credentialed · specialized · skilled · qualified · trained · experienced · white-collar · corporate · businesslike · polished
driven
Intensely determined to achieve
- motivatedSpurred to action
- success-drivenMotivated by accomplishment
- upwardly mobileRising in social class
determined · purposeful · strategic · ladder-climbing · competitive · forward-thinking · calculating · networking · climbing · go-getter
yuppie
Ambitious urban professional
- DINKEarner pair, childless
- urbanPertaining to cities
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
mobile · transient · apartment · condo · commuter · briefcase · conferences · seminars · after-hours
- ___-oriented words
career-orientedunambitious
Lacking desire for achievement
laid-back · complacent · directionless · unmotivated · aimless
career-orientedlaid-back
Calm and unhurried
easygoing · casual · nine-to-fiver · clock-watcher · disengaged