job transition
Switching professional roles
Job transition is the process of moving from one job or career to another.
The term often implies significant change—switching industries, roles, or employment status—rather than simple promotion within the same organization.
It encompasses both voluntary moves and forced changes like layoffs: She's in the middle of a job transition after her company downsized.
Career counselors and HR professionals use the phrase to frame unemployment or career change as a constructive phase rather than a setback.
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- career changeMoving to different occupation
- changeTo make different
- pivotPoint of rotation
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
two weeks notice · exit interview · new beginnings · new chapter · soft landing · resume · interview · networking · opportunity · skills gap · leap · uncertainty · severance · golden parachute · onboarding · fresh start · crossroads · reinvention
- life adjustmentsempty nest syndrome, homesickness, separation anxiety, bereavement, midlife crisis
- career developmentcareer advice, career goals, career path, career paths, career change
- transferstransfer, money transfer, bank transfer, wire transfer, fund transfer
job transitionjob retention
Maintaining one's employment
staying put · job security · tenure · entrenchment · rooted
job transitioncareer stagnation
Lack of job advancement
career plateau · stuck in a rut · dead-end job · going nowhere · treading water
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