career transition
Changing occupational paths
Career transition is the process of moving from one profession or field to another, often involving significant changes in skills, industry, or job function.
Unlike a simple job change within the same field, a career transition typically requires retraining, networking in unfamiliar territory, and reframing past experience: After fifteen years in finance, her career transition into nonprofit work took nearly two years.
The phrase implies deliberate reinvention rather than lateral movement.
- burning outDepleting through overuse
- retrainingAcquiring updated skills
- severance packageCompensation upon job termination
- outplacementJob-search help for terminated employees
- second actDrama's middle segment
reskilling · job search · job fair · skill-building · networking · leap · crossroads · reinvention · new chapter · resilience · transferable skills · skill gap · adaptability · pivot · unemployment benefits · confidence-building · self-assessment · stress management
- career servicesmentoring, job coaching, advising, vocational guidance, job placement assistance
- HR actionshiring, firing, layoff, promotion, demotion
- veteran employmentveteran jobs, job placement, veteran support, employment programs, veteran affairs
- job marketjobs, employment, job seekers, job search, job hunting
- job searchjob hunting, job boards, job search, job fairs, job fair
- cutbackscutback, cutbacks, decrease, layoff, reduction
career transitionpromotion
Rank increase or publicity
climbing the ladder · moving up · career advancement · career progression · raise
career transitionjob security
Protected employment status
staying put · entrenchment · lifetime employment · dead-end job