career advancement
Moving up professionally
Career advancement is progress in one's professional life—promotions, raises, expanded responsibilities, or moves to more prestigious positions.
The phrase often appears in discussions of workplace ambition and strategy: She took the certification course for career advancement.
What counts as advancement varies by field; for some it means climbing a corporate ladder, for others gaining expertise or autonomy.
- climbing the ladderProgressing through hierarchy
- skill developmentAcquiring new abilities
- certificationsOfficial competency documents
- promotionsElevations in position
- upward mobilityRising social or economic status
moving up · training programs · mentorship · referrals · social capital · seat at the table · succession planning · personal branding · fast-track · networking · professional development · glass ceiling · soft skills · alumni networks · leadership skills · performance review · sponsor · ambition
- mentoringmentors, mentees, protege, apprentice, advisor
- rewardsrewards, reward, prizes, prize, trophy
- HRhiring, human resources, recruiting, HR, onboarding
- gender equalitygender equality, gender equity, equal rights, equal pay, gender parity
- government employmentfederal employees, government salaries, public sector jobs, pay grades, job classification
- job trainingjob training, apprenticeships, vocational schools, vocational school, mentoring
career advancementcareer stagnation
Lack of job advancement
demotion · downward mobility · job loss · stagnation · career plateau
career advancementwork-life balance
Managing career and home
downshifting · opting out · stepping back · dropping out · quiet quitting