Dual career ladder

How it is used

Use when seniority can grow on either a technical or a management route.

Example sentences

1. The dual career ladder allowed her to become a principal engineer without managing staff.

   Specialist advancement can continue without switching to management.

2. He compared the promotion criteria on both sides of the dual career ladder.

   Parallel routes can have different expectations at comparable levels.

Common collocations

• introduce a dual career ladder
• dual career ladder system

Related terms

• promotionA move to a higher position or level in your organisation, usually with more responsibility and more pay.
• career pathThe series of jobs and roles a person moves through during their working life, or a planned way to progress inside a company.

More terms: Career Development

• professional development
• career gap
• upskill
• mentor
• career change
• foot in the door
• returnship
• apprenticeship
• individual contributor
• lateral move
• portfolio career
• career lattice