Career is a term defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as an individual's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)". It is usually considered to pertain to remunerative work (and sometimes also formal education).

The etymology of the term is somewhat ironic in that it comes from the Latin word carrera, which means race (as in "rat race," a pejorative implying the opposite of a useful career).

A career is mostly seen as a course of successive situations that make up a person's occupation. One can have a sporting career or a musical career without being a professional athlete or musician, but most frequently "career" in the 20th century referenced the series of jobs or positions by which one earned one's money. A person's worth is often measured by the career success or failings. It is not until an individual matures and takes possession of their life that the realisation of life balance occurs. Life balance entails separating career activities, achievements and tasks from the rest of a persons life. For example, leaving the job at work and having a home life. Learning that career is necessary to meet the needs of life and also have a life as well.
A
Accomplishments
Accreditation
achievement resume
action verb
Action Verbs
Administrative Assistant
Adult basic education
adult day services
Adult general education
Adult secondary education
Adult student
Advertising or Posting
age discrimination
Ambition
American Standard Code for Information
Annual Report
Annual Review
Application Form
Application Package
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeships Assessments
Aptitudes
Aptitude Test
Assessment
Assessment center
Assessments
attached file
Attributes
Attribution of tasks
Attrition
Average Annual Rate

B
Baby Boomer Job-Seeker/Worker
Bachelor's Degree
Background
Background Check
Background Checks
Behavioral Interview
Behaviours
Benchmark
Benchmarks
Benefits
benefits counselor
Benefits Package
Bi-lingual
Birkman Method
Blog
Bonus
bottom line
browser
bullet point
Business Cards
care by employers

C
Career
Career Activist
career advancement
Career Assessment
Career branding
Career Carnival
Career change
Career cluster
career coach
Career counseling
career counselor
Career development
Career Exploration
Career Fair
Career Fairs
Career framework
Career guidance
Career-Interest Inventory
Career mentoring
Career Mission Statement
Career objective
Career Passion
Career path
Career paths
Career pathway
career planning
Career Portfolio
Career program certificate
Career Research
Career resources
Careers coaching
Career Specific Skills
Career Trek
Career Vision Statement
carve out a job
Case Interview
Certification
Challenge
Child care day
chronological hybrid
chronological resume
Cold Call
College/CEGEP
community-based employment
Community Education
Company Research
compensation
Compensation Package
Competencies
Competency-based education
competitive employment
complimentary close
comprehensive planning process
consultant
Consultants
Contact letter
Continuing Workforce Education
Contract Employee
Contract Employee
Contracting-out
Contract of Employment
contractor
Contractors
Co-operative career education
Co-operative career education
Corporate Culture
Costs/Benefits of Education
Cottage industries
Counselling
Counter Offer
Counter Offer/Counter Proposal
Counter Proposal
Cover letter
Co-Worker
Cross-career Skills
Current Conditions
Curriculum-Integrated program
Curriculum Vitae
Customer Service Manager
Customer Service Representative
CV
Cyclical

D
Data
Data Entry Specialist
day program
Declining Letter
Degrees & Certificates
Degree Vocational Education Program
Delegation of duties
Demand
Demand occupation
Desirable Qualifications
Development opportunities
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
Direct deposit service
Disabled workers
Dislocated workek
Dismiss
Disputes
Distance education
Diversity Job Seekers
Doctorate
Doctorate
DoE
DoL
Domino Effect
Dress for Success

E
Earned income
Earnings
Education
Education and training options
Education Level
Electronic Resume
Elevator Speech
Elevator Speech Employee
E-mail Cover Letter
Employability
Employed
Employee benefit
Employer
employer proposal
Employment Gaps
employment history
Employment policies
employment proposal
Employment Requirements
employment specialist
Employment Status
employment support
enclave
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurial skills
Entry-Level Administrative Assistant
Entry Level Skills
e-resume
Executive Assistant
Exempt Employee
Expense accounts
Experience
External social networks
facilitator
facility-based employment

F
Fair rating
family engagement
File Clerk
Fire
Flexi-Time
FLSA
Fluent
focused planning
Follow-Up
Forecast
Forecast Period
Forecast Tool
Foregone Earnings
Formation
Foundation skills
Franchising
freelance
Freelance career
Front Desk Coordinator
FTE
Full Time Jobs
functional hybrid
Functional Resume
Functional Skills
Future Outlook

G
General Aptitude Test Battery
Generic Scope
Gen Y Job-Seeker/Worker
Good rating
Goods Sector
Graphology
Gratuity
Green Jobs/Green-Collar Jobs
Gross income
Group Interview
Growth Industry
Guest workers
Guide for Occupational Exploration

H
Head Hunter
Headhunters
Head Hunters
heading
Hidden Job Market
Higher Duties
Hiring Manager
Holland Codes
Home-based careers
Home Based Careers
Home-Based (Work-at-Home) Careers
horizontal career move
Human capital
Human performance technology
Human Relations
Human resources
Human Resources Assistant
Human Resources Information System
Hybrid Resume

I
Illegal Interview Questions
Illegal workers
Imaging Specialist
Immersion courses
Income
Independent Contractor
Industry Association
Informational Interviewing
Infrastructure
Infusion
Injuries in the workplace
Inmersion courses
Insurance
intellectual disability
interagency collaboration
Interest
Internal Promotions
Internal social networks
Internship
Interview
Interviewing Skills

J
Job
job agent
Job Application
Job Boards
Job Category
Job Clubs
job coach
job creation
Job Description
Job Description Template
job developer
job development
Job fairs
Job Family
Job Family Description
Job Field
Job Hunting Etiquette
Job-Hunting Online
Job Hunting on the Internet
Job interview
Job Interviewing
Job Level
Job Mapping
Job Market
job matching
job negotiation
Job Objective
Job Offer
Job satisfaction
Job Scams
Job Search Agent
Job-Search Domino Effect
Job Security
Job-Seeker SEO
Job shadowing
Job Skills
Job Skills Portfolio
Job Standard
Job Structure
job trial

K
Key Accomplishments
Keyword Resume
Keywords
Knowledge-based Economy
KSA

L
Labor laws
Labour Force
Labour Force Survey
Labour Market
Labour Market Conditions
Labour Market Information
Labour Market Outcomes
Lateral Move
Laws
Letter of Acceptance
Letter of Agreement
Letter of Interest

Letter of Recommendation
Letter of Resignation
Level of Study
Life coaching
Lifelong learning
Limited rating
Logistics Coordinator
Long Service Leave
Low Wage Job
Low Wage Worker
Low-Wage Worker/Low-Wage Job

M
Mail Assistant
Majo
Management/Senior Professionals
Marketing Assistant
Marketing Preparation
Master's Degree
Maternity Leave
MBA Internship
Median
Mentor
Mentoring
Minimum Qualifications
Mirroring
Mobility
Moonlighting
Motivation letter
Myers-Briggs

N
National Career Development Association
National Career Development Guidelines
National Graduate Survey
Nationality
National Occupational Classification
National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee
Native Language
natural supports
Need-based Selling
Net Benefits
networking
New Job Openings
New Job Seekers
Non-completers
Non-Exempt Employee
Non-Represented Employee
Non-Traditional Careers
Notice

O
Occupation
Occupational Group
Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational Information Network
Occupational Information System
Occupational Mobility
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Offer of Employment
Office Assistant
Office/Facilities Manager
Older (Mature) Workers
Older Workers
One-stop career centers
Online learning
Online recruitment
on the job supports
On-the-Job Training
optical character recognition
orkforce Investment Act
Outsourcing
Outworkers
Overqualification
Overqualified
Overtime

P
panel/group interviews

O
Part Time Jobs
Part Time Jobs for Teens
Passive Job-Search
Paternity leave
Pay and grade structure
Payroll deductions
Penalty rates
Performance coaching
Perk
Personality Assessment
Personal leave
Personal Mission Statement
personal networks
person centered planning
Personnel
Personnel Officer
Personnel Policies
Personnel Program
Phone Interview
phone interviews
Plan for Achieving Self-Support
PLCs
Portfolio
Portfolio Career
Post-graduate
Postsecondary
Prerequisite
Prerequisites
Presentation/Graphics Specialist
Primary Industries
Private Sector
Probability
Profession
Professional and Support Staff
Professional Association
Professional Associations
professional collaboration
professional experience
professional network
professional title
Proficiencies
Program of Study
Project Coordinator
Projections
Promotion
Prospects
Psychometric Testing
Public Sector
public transportation training

Q
Qualifications
Qualifying Period
Quarterlife Crisis
Questions

R
Raising Your Profile
Rate of Return to Education
Real Game
Recareering
Receptionist
Recession Job-Hunting
Recruit
Recruiters
Recruiters/Headhunters/Executive Search Firms
Red Seal
Re-entrants
Reference List
References
References
rehabilitation counselor
Remuneration
Represented Employee
Researching Companies
Resignation
Resigning/Resignations
Resume
resume bank
Retire
Retirement Rate
RIASEC
Role playing jobs

S
Sabbatical year
Salary
Salary Grade
Salary History
Salary Negotiation
Salary Range
Salary Requirement
Salary Requirements
Salary Structure
Sales Assistant
Scannable Resume
scannable resumes
scanning
School Leavers
School-to-career program
screening interviews
search engine
Seasonal Work
Secondary Industries
Secondment
Secretary¡¯s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills
Sector
Sector Council
self-advocacy groups
Self-employment
Self-instruction
Senior Administrative Assistant
Senior Customer Service Representative
Senior Data Entry Specialist
Senior Executive Assistant
Senior Office/Facilities Manager
service coordinator
Shadowing
sheltered workshop
Shift Work
Sick leave
situational interviews
Skill
Skill Level
Skills
Skill Type
SMART Goals
smart quotes
snail mail
Social Networking Site
Social Security work incentives
Soft Skills
SOHO
Staffing
Strategic Networking
stress interviews
stupid quotes
summary of qualifications
Summer Jobs
Supply
Survival Job
Switchboard Operato
Switchboard/Receptionist

T
Take-home pay
Telecommuting
Temping
template
Temporary Agency
Temporary assignment
Temporary (Temp) Agency/Staffing Firms
Tertiary Industries
Testing
text only
Text Resume
Thank You Letter
thank-you note
Third Age
Tip
Trade/Vocational
Trainee
Training
Transferable skills
transition coordinator
Trend
Trial Period
Ttraditional interviews
Twenty-First Century Community Learning

U
Underemployed
Undergraduate
Underqualification
Underqualified
Unemployed
Unemployment Rate
Unfair Dismissal
Unions and union membership
Unique Selling Proposition
Unskilled Work
upload a document
Upskilling
USP

V
vertical career move
video resumes
Vita
vitae
Vocation
voice mail
Volunteering

W
Web-based resume
Work Abroad
Workaholic
Workaholism
Work-based learning
work crew
Workers compensation
Work ethic
Work exploration
Workforce development education
work history
Workplace Values
Workplace Wellness Programs
Work readiness
Work study
Youth apprenticeship
Zero Hours Contract



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