career path
Work life direction
A career path is the sequence of jobs and positions through which a person advances professionally over time.
It can be a planned trajectory toward a specific goal or an observed pattern looking backward: She's on a career path to partner, His career path took unexpected turns.
The term implies progression rather than random job changes.
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- ladderPortable climbing frame
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- rat raceExhausting competitive work routine
climb · glass ceiling · corner office · journey · milestone · advancement · five-year plan · vocation · calling · pivot · mentor · resume · goals · crossroads · starting over · opportunity · networking · stepping-stone
- Career Advancementjob promotion, advancement, moving up, upward mobility, pay raise
- career developmentprofessional growth, networking, job search, job hunting, resume
- mentoringmentors, mentees, protege, apprentice, advisor
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- biographybirth, death date, autobiography, life story, biography
- job fairsrecruiters, employers, job seekers, jobseekers, resumes
career pathdead-end job
Position lacking advancement opportunity
career stagnation · going nowhere · dead end · job hopping · stuck in a rut
career pathunemployment
Being without paid work
joblessness · gig work · underemployment · between jobs · out of work
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