Career Changes

Career Changes (hereinafter, the Lectio) is the second lesson part of the Career Essentials lesson that introduces its participants to careers and related topics.

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This lesson belongs to the Introduction to Careers session of EmployableU Concepts.

Content

The predecessor lectio is Career Levels.

Script

A career progression is a change in one's career level, employer, industry, occupation, or rank position. The position refers to one's occupation within the employing organization.

Changes in one's employer and/or industry without changes in the career level and occupation are known as lateral career progression. So are any changes that don't involve changes in one's rank position.

A rank promotion is the upward career progression within one employing organization. A career ladder is a metaphor for a promotion and, sometimes, for upward career progression.

Downward career progression is the opposite of the upward progression; for instance, the elected official served his or her term and returns to the lower position he or she held before the election.

Diagonal career progressions involve changes in both vertical and horizontal directions. For instance, a senior accountant decides to get a position of a mid-level accountant in the organization which this accountant perceives as more promising.

Key terms

Career progression, Upward career progression (with the same employer, rank promotion, career ladder promotion), downward career progression, lateral career progression, diagonal career progression

Closing

Do you consider any career progression at this point in time? --Yes/No/I'm not sure

Career Effort Portfolios is the successor lectio.