Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

card 40 careers guidance
card /kɑd/ noun 1. stiff paper We
have printed the instructions on thick
white card. 2. a small piece of cardboard
or plastic, usually with information
printed on it He showed his staff card
to get a discount in the store. 3. a postcard
to get one’s cards to be
dismissed
card-carrying /kɑd kriIŋ/ adjective
referring to a person who has a
membership card of an organisation
such as a union The union had many
sympathisers, but few actual
card-carrying members.
card vote /kɑd vəυt/ noun a vote at
a Trades Union Congress where the representatives
of unions vote according to
the numbers of union members
career /kərIə/ noun a job which you
are trained for and which you expect to
do all your life He made his career in
electronics. She has had a varied career,
having worked in education and
industry. The company offered its employees
no advice on their future careers.
to embark on a career to start
a career to pursue a career as to follow
a career as
career anchor /kərIər ŋkə/ noun
a basic, sometimes subconscious factor
that strongly influences all the choices
and decisions that people make when
shaping their careers (NOTE: a career
anchor may be a special skill that
somebody wants to use, an ambition
somebody wants to achieve, or an ethical
principle that is particularly important
to somebody, but it always
something that is very important to that
person’s sense of who they are)
career break /kərIə breIk/ noun a
period when an employee leaves a career
job for several years to undertake
another activity such as studying for a
degree or having a baby and then returns
at the same level
career change /kərIə tʃeIndʒ/
noun a change in a person’s profession
or in the type of job they do, that often
involves going to work for a different
employer (NOTE: career changes may
be planned as part of somebody’s
CPD or career development, or may
be forced on somebody as a result of
redundancy, ill-health, or a change in
their personal circumstances.)
career development /kərIə dI-
veləpmənt/ noun the planning of an
employee’s future career in an organisation
a career development
programme If the company does not
spend more time on career development,
many employees will leave. Career
development involves a very comprehensive
training programme.
career expectations /kərIər
ekspekteIʃ(ə)nz/ plural noun hopes
which an employee has of how their
career will develop in terms of matters
such as promotion or salary
career ladder /kərIə ldə/ noun a
sequence of jobs within an organisation
or department, starting with the most junior
and ending with most senior,
through which an employee can advance
in the course of their working life
career-limiting move /kərIə
lImItIŋ muv/ noun full form of CLM
career opportunities /kərIər ɒpə-
tjunItiz/, career prospects /kərIə
prɒspekts/ plural noun possibilities of
advancement in a career
career path /kərIə pɑθ/ noun a
planned logical sequence of jobs within
one or more professions through which
a person can progress in the course of
their working life (NOTE: it is much easier
to plan a career path when the market
is stable and there is little change
in business conditions; in uncertain
times people need to be more adaptable
and the idea of a planned career
path has much less value, according to
some experts)
career pattern /kərIə ptn/ noun
the way in which a person has spent
their employed life (such as years employed
in each firm, promotions or
salary)
career planning /kərIə plnIŋ/
noun the examination of the way in
which career opportunities are available,
leading to advice on which careers to
pursue or how to further an employee’s
existing career
careers guidance /kərIəz ɡaIdns/
noun professional help given to people