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midcareer

midcareer

1 4.1
The middle part of a person's working life
  • noun
  • /ˌmɪd.kəˈrɪr/
: mitad de carrera
  • The foreign ministry also now recruits midcareer transfers from other agencies to deepen its expertise in different areas.
  • midcareer survey

Examples

  • Midcareer teachers were constrained by time as well.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Midcareer nurses are leaving the profession in record numbers, with fewer student nurses to replace them, presenting a difficult problem that challenges the ingenuity of hospital administrators.

    Academic text (2001)
  • There was also a disproportionate number of females in the midcareer and late-career categories.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Fineman (1987) discovered that in midcareer, job loss and prolonged unemployment became a private affair.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Engaging senior faculty with mentoring midcareer faculty, perhaps as a component of the new service model mentioned above, is another practice that this college and others might examine and develop.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Many professionals take on new challenges during their midcareer to enhance their skills.

  • At a midcareer stage, individuals often reassess their goals and career paths.

  • She decided to pursue an advanced degree in midcareer to open up new job opportunities.

How Advanced

retirement
401 1.6
midcareer
1 4.1

Surface Forms

midcareer singular
midcareers plural

Morphology

midcareer = career (transparent) = mid + career

The meaning is a straightforward combination of 'mid-' (middle) + 'career' (professional life), yielding 'the middle stage of a career'.

Etymology

Midcareer joins mid- 'middle' and career 'work life', so as a noun it names the middle stage of a person's professional life, like standing halfway along your career path.