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Professional Development: Boost Your Career
Meaning 1：career growth (Professional development)
Professional development
/prəˈfɛʃənl dɪˈvɛləpmənt/
n.
The process of improving your skills and knowledge for your job, to become better at your work and advance in your career.
career growth
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/kəˈrɪər ɡroʊθ/
n.
The ongoing process of acquiring new skills and knowledge to improve performance and advance in one's career.
📘 Details & Usage
📖 Root Explanation
From 'profess' (to declare) and 'develop' (to unwrap), indicating growth in career skills.
💡 Mnemonic
Imagine a professional developing like a plant: watering skills daily leads to career bloom.
📖 Example
To improve his programming skills, he enrolled in a professional development course on the latest software.
To improve his programming skills, he enrolled in a professional development course on the latest software.
🔗 Collocations
professional development program – a structured set of activities to improve job skills
continuous professional development – ongoing learning to maintain and enhance expertise
professional development opportunities – chances to gain new skills through courses or workshops
🔄 Synonyms
career training (n.) – instruction aimed at improving job-related abilities
skill development (n.) – the process of acquiring new competencies
professional growth (n.) – advancement in career through learning and experience
🚫 Antonyms
stagnation (n.) – lack of progress or improvement in skills
complacency (n.) – self-satisfaction without desire to learn more
🌱 Derivatives
professionalize (v.) – to make an activity or job more professional
development (n.) – the act of growing or improving
professional (adj.) – related to a specific occupation requiring special skills
📖 Cultural Story
Originating in early 20th-century industrial psychology, 'professional development' became widespread with corporate training initiatives. It emphasizes lifelong learning for career advancement.
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