Career Transition Terms

noun a formal statement or document stating that one gives up a position or office

• The CEO submitted his resignation letter to the board of directors.
• She decided to quit her job and handed in her resignation.
• He threw in the towel and handed over his resignation.
• The artist's resignation to the fact that his masterpiece was lost forever was evident in his somber expression.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action or a state of being

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

article a word that is used to specify a noun (the, a, an)

• As a business owner, you must be careful not to have one foot in multiple industries at once.
• I feel like I have one foot in the door when it comes to starting my own business.
• I've got one foot in the game, just waiting for my big break.
• She's so focused on her career that she always seems to have one foot in the office, even when she's at home.

noun a person's decision to stop working before the usual retirement age

adjective referring to retiring from work at a younger age than usual

• Early unretirement is becoming more common as people seek to continue working past traditional retirement age.
• I heard Sarah is considering early unretirement so she can travel more while she's still young.
• Bob's early unretirement plan is to chill out and take it easy for a while.
• For some, early unretirement is like hitting the reset button on their career.