careers
Chosen professional trajectories
Careers is the plural of career, referring to long-term professional paths or occupations: She counseled students on their careers.
The verb careers means to move swiftly and erratically: The car careered down the hillside.
This sense is more common in British English; Americans typically use careen for uncontrolled motion.
Career summary document
- credentialsEvidence of qualification or identity
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- titleFormal honorific or name
field · sector · role · position · occupation · job · employment · workplace
Strongly felt purpose
- purposeReason something exists
- missionPurpose-driven task
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- passionIntense emotional drive
lifework · fulfillment · service · contribution · ministry · teaching · nursing · counseling
Rank increase or publicity
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- upskillingLearning new work abilities
- reskillingLearning new work capabilities
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
networking · trajectory · ascent · training · experience · specialization · leadership · seniority
Strong desire for achievement
- driveOperate a vehicle
- goalDesired end result
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- determinationFirmness of purpose
advancement · progression · climbing · ladder · milestone · persistence · tenacity · pursuit
Industrial product creation
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- pharmaceuticalsManufactured therapeutic substances
- automotiveRelating to motor vehicles
- aerospaceAtmosphere plus outer void
construction · energy · agriculture · electronics · telecommunications · retail · hospitality · finance
resume
Career summary document
- credentialsEvidence of qualification or identity
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- certificationAttestation of qualification
title · field · sector · role · position · occupation · job · employment · workplace · skills
calling
Strongly felt purpose
- purposeReason something exists
- missionPurpose-driven task
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
passion · lifework · fulfillment · service · contribution · ministry · teaching · nursing · counseling · artisan
promotion
Rank increase or publicity
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- upskillingLearning new work abilities
- reskillingLearning new work capabilities
mentorship · networking · trajectory · ascent · training · experience · specialization · leadership · seniority · pivot
aspiration
Strong desire for achievement
- driveOperate a vehicle
- goalDesired end result
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
determination · advancement · progression · climbing · ladder · milestone · persistence · tenacity · pursuit · dreams
manufacturing
Industrial product creation
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- pharmaceuticalsManufactured therapeutic substances
- automotiveRelating to motor vehicles
aerospace · construction · energy · agriculture · electronics · telecommunications · retail · hospitality · finance · entertainment
- employmentjob, jobs, interview, interviews, job interview
- kids booksworkbooks, activity books, primers, readers, young readers
- job marketjobs, employment, job seekers, job search, job hunting
- rise and falltides, empires, stocks, markets, kingdoms
- twentiestwenties, young adult, early adulthood, emerging adulthood, college grad
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
careershobbies
Leisure activities for pleasure
avocations · pastimes · leisure activities · entertainments · diversions
careersodd jobs
Small miscellaneous tasks
contract work · day labor · seasonal work · gigs · freelance work
careersaimlessness
Lack of direction
drifting · stagnation · directionlessness · dead ends · idleness
- career pathProgression through occupations
- career milestonesSignificant work achievements
- career changeMoving to different occupation
- career ladderSequential job advancement structure
- career centersJob placement facilities
- career fairsEvents connecting employers, applicants