Career is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a person's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)".
It can also pertain to an occupation or a profession that usually involves special training or formal education, and is considered to be a person’s lifework.
The etymology of the term comes from the m. French word carriere (16 c.) ("road, racecourse") which, in turn, comes from the Latin word "(via) cararia" (track f...
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- MBA Working Girl Podcast ,
- Sales Training and Tips from The Sales Diva ,
- The Perfect Career Podcast ,
- Michael Katz's Podcast on E-Newsletters ,
- sellingsuccess's Podcast ,
- Manager Tools ,
- Get-It-Done Guy
Quotations About This Subject:
- He was at a starting point which makes many a man's career a fine subject for betting, if there were any gentlemen given to that amusement who could appreciate the complicated probabilities of an arduous purpose, with all the possible thwartings and furtherings of circumstance, all the niceties of inward balance, by which a man swings and makes his point or else is carried headlong. ,
- I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career. ,
- Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid. ,
- The most successful career must show a waste of strength that might have removed mountains, and the most unsuccessful is not that of the man who is taken unprepared, but of him who has prepared and is never taken. On a tragedy of that kind our national morality is duly silent.
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- An Outline Of Careers ,
- Office Superman ,
- Organization Skills ,
- Professional Ethics and Etiquette ,
- Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance (5-Volume Set) ,
- The Top 100 ,
- Communication Skills ,
- Pathways to Career Success for Minorities ,
- Co-Curricular Activities ,
- Research and Information Management