lateral moves
Horizontal career changes
Lateral moves are job changes to positions at the same level rather than promotions or demotions.
Someone making a lateral move shifts departments, teams, or companies without gaining rank or significant salary increase: She made a lateral move from marketing to sales.
The appeal is often variety, new skills, or escaping a bad situation rather than climbing higher.
- sidewaysToward one side
- horizontalParallel to the horizon
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- career changeMoving to different occupation
- job titleLabel for workplace role
transfer · parallel · shift · pivot · shuffle · repositioning · chess · strategy · maneuver · demotion · promotion · stagnation · opportunity · flexibility · corporate · corporate ladder · ladder · climbing
- careersdoctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer, nurse
- work historyresume, CV, work experience, job titles, employers
- workforceworkers, employee, employees, labor force, employer
- balance exercisesyoga, tai chi, pilates, heel-to-toe walk, tree pose
- career plateausstagnation, dead-end job, glass ceiling
- staffingstaffing, turnover rates, hiring, staffing firm, staffing agency
lateral movespromotions
Elevations in position
demotions · advancement · upward mobility · climbing the ladder · career advancement
lateral, move, laterally, bilaterally, bilateral, unilateral, unilaterally, collateral, equilateral