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Encore career

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

nounCommon term

In job interviews & careers, encore career means: A later-life career phase often combining paid work with a strong sense of social purpose.

In Turkish: ileri yaşta anlam odaklı ikinci kariyer

How it is used

Use for a later career chapter; it does not simply mean returning to a former employer.

Example sentences

  1. Her encore career combines paid teaching with work on adult literacy.

    A new phase links income with a personally meaningful social contribution.

  2. He explored an encore career after decades in corporate administration.

    The phrase marks a later-life redirection of professional effort.

Common collocations

  • pursue an encore career
  • plan an encore career
  • career changeA move from one type of work or profession to a different one, for example from teaching to software development.
  • 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

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