Career

A Career is a personal journey that focuses on work-related accomplishment.

• Context:
  • It can range from being an Entire Career to being a Career Moment (Current Career, Past Career or Future Career).
  • It can be the focus of Career Planning, with career goals.
  • It can be associated with a Career Emotional Investment.
  • It can be associated with a Career Energy Investment.
  • It can involve Career Transitions, reflecting shifts in job roles, industries, or professional paths.
  • It can be influenced by Career Development Programs, designed to enhance skills and competencies.
  • It can be subject to Career Advancement Opportunities, which facilitate upward mobility within a profession.
  • It can benefit from Mentorship and Networking, important factors in career growth and opportunities.
  • It can be impacted by Globalization, affecting job availability, work practices, and career trajectories.
  • It can require Lifelong Learning to adapt to technological changes and industry trends.
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• Example(s):
  • X's career is currently in software engineering.
  • X was a truck driver.
  • X is currently a lawyer.
  • X plans to be a philosopher.
  • X's career is in the Video Gaming Industry.
  • a career in Computing, Engineering,
  • a career in Healthcare, Teaching,
  • a career in Project Management, Product Management,
  • a career transition from being a Financial Analyst to a Data Scientist.
  • leveraging Career Development Programs for a promotion within the Marketing field.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Relationship Journey.
  • a Philanthropic Journey.
  • a Hobby that does not contribute to professional development or work-related goals.
  • Temporary work engagements not aligned with long-term career goals.
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• See: Personal Life, Work Life, Relationship Life, Employment-Related Experience, Professional Development, Career Counseling.

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References

2018

• (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Career Retrieved:2018-10-4.
  • A career is an individual's metaphorical "journey" through learning, work and other aspects of life. There are a number of ways to define career and the term is used in a variety of ways.

2011

• (Baruch and Bozionelos, 2011) ⇒ Yehuda Baruch, and Nikos Bozionelos. (2011). “Career issues.” In: APA Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 2. Selecting and developing members for the organization.
  • ABSTRACT: It has not been simple to arrive at a universally acceptable scientific definition of career. Nevertheless, definitions revolve around the notion of sequential employment-related experiences through time and across space. Despite difficulties with its definition, career is a salient element in each person’s working life and demands planning and management from both individuals and organizations. In this chapter, we focus on current career issues, with particular emphasis on the changing nature of careers and with a specific focus on the elements of time and space in their evolvement. We discuss new forms of employment and their impact on careers, the notion of career success and perspectives to approach it, as well as careers in the present era of globalization. We use the term career actor to denote the individual as an active accumulator of experiences that compose a career.

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