Which one of the following consists of both vertical sequence of jobs and a series of horizontal opportunities ?
Network Career Path
Option 1 — Network Career Path is correct.
A career path is the sequence of positions an employee moves through over a working life. Organisations use several models. A network career path combines two dimensions: a vertical sequence of jobs (traditional upward promotions) together with a series of horizontal (lateral) opportunities at each level. The lateral moves broaden the employee's experience and prepare them for the next promotion, and the two dimensions together form an interconnected grid or “network” of possible moves.
This flexibility is the network path's key advantage: it recognises the interchangeability of experience at certain levels and the need to build a wide base before advancing vertically, reducing the blockage that occurs in purely linear promotion ladders.
Why the other options are wrong: A traditional/linear path is purely vertical. A cafeteria path is not a standard career-path type here (cafeteria usually refers to flexible benefit plans). A spiral career path involves periodic major moves to related occupations every several years, and a transitory path involves frequent unrelated job changes — neither specifically pairs an orderly vertical ladder with structured horizontal moves.
Takeaway: the network career path uniquely blends vertical promotion with lateral (horizontal) job opportunities.
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