career breaks
Work-life intermissions taken
Career breaks are extended periods away from employment, taken intentionally rather than due to job loss.
People take career breaks for various reasons: raising children, caregiving, travel, education, or personal development.
The plural form typically appears in discussions of workplace policy or résumé gaps: Many companies now view career breaks as valuable life experience rather than red flags.
- time offScheduled absence from duties
- sabbaticalExtended leave from work
- gap yearPlanned educational hiatus
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- hiatusBreak in activity
paternity leave · unpaid leave · working mothers · back to work · study leave · reentry programs · stepping back · annual leave · rest periods · interruption · flexible schedules · resume gap · bereavement leave · mental health leave · job sharing · work-life balance · employee benefits · vacations
- working parentsworking mom, working moms, working dad, dual income, work-life balance
- women's laborworking women, women workers, female workforce, women in STEM, women in leadership
career breaksfull-time employment
Steady, complete-schedule work
career progression · climbing the ladder · job security · work history
career breakspromotions
Elevations in position
upward mobility · fast-tracking · career progression · climbing the ladder
career, careers, careered, careering, careerist, careerists, careerism, break, breaks