career ladder

American  

[ker-eer lad-er] / kərˈɪər ˈlæd ər /

noun

• career ladders
  plural

1. a series of jobs, roles, or positions of increasing importance or responsibility, through which one progresses or is expected to progress; corporate ladder.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• career ladders
  plural

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Example Sentences

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career ladder

"What happens if we cut out that early part of the career ladder?" he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

This vision of passive income has found a ready audience in an age of economic anxiety, when the traditional career ladder appears to be broken and the AI revolution looms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

As AI upends the traditional consulting career ladder, the company brought nearly 1,000 interns to its sprawling Orlando campus for exercises in communication, judgment, people skills and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The "first rung of the career ladder has thinned" and that for "too many young people it is now simply out of reach", Milburn is set to say in a speech later.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

Her frustration is shared by many people of her age, for whom the first rung on the career ladder can seem out of reach.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

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