The progression of jobs in an organization's specific occupational fields ranked from lowest to highest in the hierarchal structure.

an ongoing long-term process, whereas a job is just a step along the way

a series of jobs that increase

A group of agency positions in the same job family listed in hierarchical order.

The planned direction of a person’s career. Choosing a career path determines what trainingandfuture jobs a person should undertake to maintain that direction.

Career Path refers to the series of any combination of work roles, occupations, or jobs that a person moves through by design and coincidence as their career unfolds. From the company or industry perspective, Career Path is a route that may be taken by workers within a matrix of positions that are connected by increased and new acquisition of skills and knowledge.

One of three categories into which an employee is grouped that corresponds to the employee's occupational series.