career
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ca·reer
(kə-rîr') 
n.
Doing what one does as a permanent occupation or lifework: career diplomats; a career criminal.
intr.v., -reered, -reer·ing, -reers.
To move or run at full speed; rush. See Usage Note at careen.
n.
- A chosen pursuit; a profession or occupation.
- The general course or progression of one's working life or one's professional achievements: an officer with a distinguished career; a teacher in the midst of a long career.
- A path or course, as of the sun through the heavens.
- Speed: "My hasting days fly on with full career" (John Milton).
Doing what one does as a permanent occupation or lifework: career diplomats; a career criminal.
intr.v., -reered, -reer·ing, -reers.
To move or run at full speed; rush. See Usage Note at careen.
[French carrière, from Old French, racecourse, from Old Provençal carriera, street, from Medieval Latin (via) carrāria, (road) for carts, feminine of carrārius, from Latin carrus, a Gallic type of wagon.]
Roget's Thesaurus:
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career
noun
- Activity pursued as a livelihood: art, business, calling, craft, employment, job, line, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, work. Slang racket. Archaic employ. See action/inaction.
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career
n
Definition: course
Antonyms: diversion
n
Definition: occupation
Antonyms: amusement, avocation, entertainment, recreation
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career
IN BRIEF: The way one earns ones living.
If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.
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sign description: Both B-hands are used. One slides down the top edge of the opposite hand.
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Careers
Quotes:
"He was at a starting point which makes many a man's career a fine subject for betting, if there were any gentlemen given to that amusement who could appreciate the complicated probabilities of an arduous purpose, with all the possible thwartings and furtherings of circumstance, all the niceties of inward balance, by which a man swings and makes his point or else is carried headlong."
- George Eliot
"The most successful career must show a waste of strength that might have removed mountains, and the most unsuccessful is not that of the man who is taken unprepared, but of him who has prepared and is never taken. On a tragedy of that kind our national morality is duly silent."
- Edward M. Forster
"Sometimes you wonder how you got on this mountain. But sometimes you wonder, How will I get off?"
- Joan Manley
"The life-fate of the modern individual depends not only upon the family into which he was born or which he enters by marriage, but increasingly upon the corporation in which he spends the most alert hours of his best years."
- C. Wright Mills
"People don't choose their careers; they are engulfed by them."
- John Dos Passos
"I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career."
- Gloria Steinem
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Career
This article is about a person's occupational history. For the board game, see Careers (board game). For the films, see Career (film).
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Career is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a person's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)".
It can also pertain to an occupation or a profession that usually involves special training or formal education,[1] and is considered to be a person’s lifework.[2]
The etymology of the term comes from the m. French word carriere (16 c.) ("road, racecourse") which, in turn, comes from the Latin word "(via) cararia" (track for wheeled vehicles) which originated from the Latin word carrus" which means "wagon".
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Historical changes
By the late 20th century, a wide range of choices (especially in the range of potential professions) and more widespread education had allowed it to become possible to plan (or design) a career: in this respect the careers of the career counselor and of the career advisor have grown up. It is also not uncommon for adults in the late 20th/early 21st centuries to have dual or multiple careers, either sequentially or concurrently. Thus, professional identities have become hyphenated or hybridized to reflect this shift in work ethic. Economist Richard Florida notes this trend generally and more specifically among the "creative class".
Career management
Career assessments are tests that come in a variety of forms and rely on both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Career assessments can help individuals identify and better articulate their unique interests, personality, values, and skills to determine how well they may match with a certain career. Some skills that career assessments could help determine are job-specific skills, transferable skills, and self management skills.[3] Career Assessments can also provide a window of potential opportunities by helping individuals discover the tasks, experience, education and training that is needed for a career they would want to pursue.[4] Career counselors, executive coaches, educational institutions, career development centers, and outplacement companies often administer career assessments to help individuals focus their search on careers that closely match their unique personal profile.
Career counseling advisors assess people's interests, personality, values and skills, and also help them explore career options and research graduate and professional schools. Career counseling provides one-on-one or group professional assistance in exploration and decision making tasks related to choosing a major/occupation, transitioning into the world of work or further professional training. The field is vast and includes career placement, career planning, learning strategies and student development.
For a pre-modernist notion of "career", compare cursus honorum.
Reasons why people change careers
The last data collected by the U.S. Bureaur of Labor Statistics through the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth in 1979 showed that individuals between the ages of 18 and 38 will hold more than 10 jobs.[5] According to an article on Time.com, one out of three people currently employed spends about an hour per day searching for another position.[6] The article lists these as the top reasons why people may change careers, based on a survey conducted by Right Management:
- The downsizing or the restructuring of an organization (54%).
- New challenges or opportunities that arise (30%).
- Poor or ineffective leadership (25%).
- Having a poor relationship with a manager(s) (22%).
- For the improvement of a better work/life balance (21%).
- Contributions are not being recognized (21%).
- For better compensation and benefits (18%),
- For better alignment with personal and organizational values (17%).
- Personal strengths and capabilities are not a good fit with an organization (16%).
- The financial instability of an organization (13%).
- An organization relocated (12%).[6]
See also
References
- ^ Dictionary.com. 2012. Retrieved 20120-02-10.
- ^ The Free Dictionary. 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ UCDavis Human Resources. 2010. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ “Why is a Career Assessment Important?” Success Factors. 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ "National Longitudinal Surveys". Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ a b Cullen, L. T. “Top reasons why we change jobs”. Time. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
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Career
Dansk (Danish)
n. - karriere, livsforløb, livsstilling, flugt, bane
v. intr. - fare afsted, race
adj. - udsendt, lønnet
idioms:
- career structure karrieremønster
Nederlands (Dutch)
carrière, loopbaan, beroep(s-), snelle vaart, voortdenderen
Français (French)
n. - carrière, métier, scolarité
v. intr. - entrer/sortir à toute vitesse, rouler à pleins gaz, s'emballer
adj. - de carrière, de carrière (un diplomate), de métier (un soldat)
idioms:
- career structure structure de carrière, plan de carrière
Deutsch (German)
n. - Karriere, Laufbahn, Beruf, Rasen
v. - rasen
adj. - Karriere...
idioms:
- career structure Beförderungsmuster
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σταδιοδρομία, καριέρα, ορμή
v. - κινούμαι γρήγορα και ανεξέλεγκτα, ορμώ
idioms:
- career structure βαθμίδες υπηρεσιακής εξέλιξης
Italiano (Italian)
correre all'impazzata, andare a tutto gas, correre a tutta birra, sbandare, carriera, andatura veloce
idioms:
- career structure sistema di avanzamento di carriera
Português (Portuguese)
n. - carreira (f), corrida (f)
v. - correr
idioms:
- career structure estrutura (f) profissional
Русский (Russian)
нестись, карьера
idioms:
- career structure путь продвижения в профессии
Español (Spanish)
n. - profesión, carrera
v. intr. - correr a toda velocidad
adj. - de profesión o carrera
idioms:
- career structure sistema de carrera
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - yrke, full fart
v. - ila, galoppera
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
事业, 速度, 生涯, 猛冲, 飞跑, 职业的, 专业的
idioms:
- career structure 职业结构
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 事業, 速度, 生涯
v. intr. - 猛衝, 飛跑
adj. - 職業的, 專業的
idioms:
- career structure 職業結構
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 경력, 직업, 출세
v. intr. - 질주하다
adj. - 직업적인, 평생의
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 職業, 経歴, 生涯, 出世, 疾走
adj. - プロの, 職業的な
v. - 疾走する
idioms:
- career structure 公認の昇進パターン
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) حرفه, مهنه, صنعه, وظيفه (فعل) ينطلق بسرعه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - קריירה, מקצוע, ריצה, מהירות, דהירה
v. intr. - התרוצץ, דהר במהירות
adj. - מקצועי, של קריירה
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