career choice
Picking your profession
Career choice is the decision about what occupation or professional path to pursue.
The term often appears in contexts of guidance and planning: What influenced your career choice?
A career choice can be a single pivotal decision or an evolving series of choices as circumstances and interests change.
Teaching turned out to be the right career choice for her.
- dream jobPerfect occupation imagined
- aptitudeInnate capability
- pathRoute for traveling
- job marketEmployment availability collectively
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
self-assessment · industry trends · internships · skills · networking · passion · gut feeling · risk analysis · calling · economic conditions · goal-setting · job hunt · certifications · pivot · leap of faith · backup plan · five-year plan · crossroads
- Career Planningguidance counselor, dream job
- work freedomjob mobility, self-employment, freelancing, entrepreneurship, right to work
- decisionsmake a decision, choices, yes, no, alternatives
- life choicesfamily planning, childfree, marriage, divorce, moving
- choiceschoose, decide, decision, select, selection
- generation gapsgeneration gap, digital natives, cultural shifts, communication gaps, youth culture
career choiceforced labor
Compelled toil, no consent
conscription · family obligation · mandatory service · drift · happenstance
career choicehobby
Recreational leisure activity
pastime · leisure activity · avocation · dabbling · play