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Internal mobility

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

nounCommon term

In job interviews & careers, internal mobility means: Movement of employees between roles or opportunities within an organization.

In Turkish: kurum içi kariyer hareketliliği

How it is used

An umbrella term covering different internal career moves, including lateral ones.

Example sentences

  1. The company encouraged internal mobility by advertising vacancies to current staff.

    Employees can explore opportunities without leaving the organization.

  2. Internal mobility helped her build experience in both operations and research.

    Several internal moves can broaden a career over time.

Common collocations

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

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