The Oxford English Dictionary defines "career" as a person's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)". This definition relates "career" to a range of aspects of an individual's life, learning, and work. "Career" … See more

For a pre-modernist notion of "career", compare cursus honorum.
By the late 20th century, a wide range of variations (especially … See more

Career success is a term used frequently in academic and popular writing about career. It refers to the extent and ways in which an individual can be described as successful in his or her working life so far.
During the 1950s and 1960s, individuals typically worked for … See more

• Job satisfaction
• Curriculum vitae
• Employment
• Profession
• Portfolio career
• Anticipatory socialization See more

Career management or career development describes the active and purposeful management of a career by an individual. Ideas of what comprise "career management skills" are described by the Blueprint model (in the United States, Canada, Australia, … See more

There are a range of different educational, counseling, and human resource management interventions that can support individuals to develop and manage their careers. Career support is commonly offered while people are in education, when they … See more

• United Nations (2002), Handbook on career counseling See more