career milestone
Work life highlight
A career milestone is a significant achievement or turning point in someone's professional life—a promotion, a major project completed, a certain number of years at a company.
Milestones mark progress along a path: Getting her first management role was a career milestone.
The term appears frequently in résumés, performance reviews, and LinkedIn posts.
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- big breakCareer-making opportunity
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
success · dream job · graduation · landmark · turning point · recognition · award · pinnacle · tenure · advancement · moving up · pivotal · triumph · climb · corner office · title · pay raise · raise
- job securityjob security, job protection, job retention, permanent position, job stability
- Sports Resultswin, championship, first place, second place, victory
- Basketball HonorsMVP, All-Star, Most Improved, Hall of Fame, scoring champion
- Hockey honorsStanley Cup, MVP, Hall of Fame, playoff MVP, rookie of year
career milestonebusywork
Meaningless assigned tasks
non-event · grunt work · drudgery · footnote · paperwork
career milestonedemotion
Reduction in status
termination · job loss · missed opportunity · career stagnation
career milestonedaily grind
Wearisome regular routine
routine · day-to-day operations · busywork · administrative tasks · weekly meeting
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