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careership

careership noun: an approach to career-related decision-making, combining rationality, interactions with others, and responses to sometimes unpredictable events.

Noun

careership (uncountable)

  1. An approach to career-related decision-making, combining rationality, interactions with others, and responses to sometimes unpredictable events.

Origin of careership

From career + -ship, coined in the 2000s in a paper by Phil Hodkinson and Andrew C. Sparkes.

Questions about careership

What does careership mean?
Careership means an approach to career-related decision-making, combining rationality, interactions with others, and responses to sometimes unpredictable events.
What part of speech is careership?
Careership is a noun.

Words near careership in the dictionary

  1. careers
  2. careers fair
  3. careers fairs
  4. careers officer
  5. careers officers
  6. careership
  7. careerwise
  8. careerwoman
  9. careerwomen
  10. carefool
  11. carefree

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