キャリア組ぐみ

noun

career bureaucrats; elite civil servants

Refers to high-level civil servants who entered through the competitive career-track exam, as opposed to non-career (ノンキャリア) staff. Often used in the context of Japanese government ministries.

• 彼かれはキャリア組ぐみとして財ざい務む省しょうに入にゅう省しょうした。

  He joined the Ministry of Finance as a career bureaucrat.

• キャリア組ぐみとノンキャリア組ぐみの間あいだには昇しょう進しんの差さがある。

  There is a difference in promotion between career and non-career civil servants.