careerist

/kəˈrɪərɪst/ noun [C] often disapproving

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› someone who thinks that their personal success in their job is more important than the principles and aims of the work that they do: After his promotion, many of his party colleagues began to think of him as an overly ambitious careerist.

(Definition of careerist noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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