also: キャリヤ · キャリアー · キャリヤー
Refers to one's profession or working life, often with a sense of long-term development.
She changed jobs to build her career.
personal history; professional experience
Used when talking about someone's background or work history, e.g., in a CV or biography.
His professional experience covers a wide range of fields.
elite government official; career bureaucrat
Specifically refers to a government employee who has passed the highest-level civil service examination; a prestigious career track in Japanese bureaucracy.
He joined the ministry as a career bureaucrat.
He drew on his previous career experience to take on a new job.
She started her career as a teacher.
He has ten years of career experience.
He works as an elite career bureaucrat at the Ministry of Finance.
career path
Search-only variant; not a common practical spelling.