A word for someone who is concerned only about their career?
Solution 1:
The term is careerist:
noun ( often disapproving)
- someone who thinks that their career is more important than anything else, and who will do anything to be successful in it.
(Cambridge Dictionary)
Usage examples
- ‘Our celebrity driven news is presented by people who gave up being journalists and instead became careerists.’
- ‘However, there are also a number of shameless careerists who inhabit New Labour, often former Tories.’
(ODO)