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career interruptions  

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  • Career interruptions are breaks, pauses, or disruptions in one's current career. A career interruption occurs when an individual's typical and usual work is interrupted or changed by some internal (e.g., change in one's desired career path or life's goals) or external (e.g., job loss or disability) event. [Source: Encyclopedia of Career Development; Career Interruptions]

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