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Grammar fix

career path

job direction

The direction your working life takes, including the jobs you choose and how you move forward in your profession over time.

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Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

  • After university, she decided to follow a career path in medicine.work
  • In my opinion, choosing the right career path is important because it affects your happiness and future opportunities.IELTS speaking

Fix the pattern

Pattern: career path (noun phrase); often used with verbs like 'choose', 'follow', 'change', 'plan', 'pursue'

WrongI want to choose a good career way.

RightI want to choose a good career path.

The fixed phrase is 'career path', not 'career way'.

Patterncareer path (noun phrase); often used with verbs like 'choose', 'follow', 'change', 'plan', 'pursue'

Use it right

Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.

Stiff I am uncertain about the future direction of my professional working life.

Natural I'm not sure about my career path.

'Career path' is the compact term; the long paraphrase is clunky.

Build natural chunks

Words that usually travel with it.

  • career path
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Don't confuse it

Unlike 'job', which means a single position, 'career path' is about your whole journey through different jobs and roles.

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