Grammar fix
career path
job direction
The direction your working life takes, including the jobs you choose and how you move forward in your profession over time.
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Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
After university, she decided to follow a career path in medicine.
In my opinion, choosing the right career path is important because it affects your happiness and future opportunities.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: I want to choose a good career way.
Say: I want to choose a good career path.
The fixed phrase is 'career path', not 'career way'.
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
'Career path' is the compact term; the long paraphrase is clunky.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
career path
- choose
- a clear
- change
- follow