Appendix B: Career Development Flashcards
What is a career?
Thesum total of work-related experiences throughout a person’s life.
What is a steady-state career?
A career consisting of the same kind of job during a large part of an individual’s work life.
What is a linear career?
A career consisting of a sequence of jobs in which each new job entails additional responsibility, a greater impact on an organization, new skills, and upward movement in an organization’s hierarchy.
What is a spiral career?
A career consisting of a series of jobs that build on each other but tend to be fundamentally different.
What is a transitory career?
A career in which a person changes jobs frequently and in which each job is different from the one that precedes it.
What is a boundaryless career?
A career that is not attached to or bound to a single organization and consists of a variety of work experiences in multiple organizations.
What is a mentor?
An experienced member of an organization who provides advice and guidance to a less experienced worker.
What is a career plateau?
A position from which the chances of being promoted or obtaining a more responsible job are slight.
What is effective career management?
Ensuring that at all levels in the organization there are well-qualified workers who can assume more responsible positions as needed.
