career ladder
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3.5
- noun
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escalera profesional
- After years of hard work, she was finally promoted to a managerial position on the career ladder.
- climb the career ladder
- career ladder program
- steps on the career ladder
Asking your union, what can you do to help help support these kind of career ladders?
- Asking your union, what can you do to help help support these kind of career ladders?
Examples
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Additionally, the Holmes Group has proposed a three-step career ladder for teachers.
Academic text (1992) -
As Villalobos entered his thirties, he began to ascend the industry's career ladder by driving a farm-labor bus.
Blog text (4) -
...to climb the career ladder.
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Missouri is now in the third year of the career ladder program.
Academic text (1991) -
Create the image and direction for yourself that will keep you climbing the career ladder of your dreams.
Blog text (23) -
Another is to provide more training and career ladders, so the worker can advance to other jobs.
Academic text (2001) -
Genesis reports that since its implementation, the career ladder program has reduced turnover by at least 50 percent.
Academic text (1994) -
CHCA has also begun several career ladder pilot projects.
Academic text (1994) -
Many school districts are developing career ladders to train their own paraeducators as future teachers.
Academic text (1998) -
New Mexico has led this effort with a three-tiered system that provides a stepwise career ladder for teachers and sets minimum salaries for each level.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
102
3.2
A series of levels people move through to reach higher jobs
25
2.7
A series of jobs someone has during their working life that lead to higher roles
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4.1
A series of job levels in a company that people move up to reach higher positions with more responsibility
1
5.5
The highest job or status in a company
Antonyms
How Clear
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3.9
- Formal
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2.7
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3.5
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3.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a series of stages or levels through which one may advance in a profession' is directly inferable from combining 'career' (one's work/professional life) with 'ladder' (a device with rungs used to climb, metaphorically indicating upward progression). This is a conventional, cross-linguistic metaphor (ladder/steps = stages of advancement), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will very likely understand the compound.
Etymology
The phrase career ladder comes from the image of a ladder you climb step by step, where each step is a stage in your career. So it means 'a series of job levels you can move up'.