Like more and more new M.B.A.'s, Ms. McCreary walked away from a fast-track job, hers in the booming fresh vegetable packaging business that paid in the high five figures.

PAGE 27 Wall Street Courts Women Dismayed by the number of women who quit fast-track jobs, banking companies are stepping up recruitment and retention efforts, often trying to lure back those in their 40's and 50's.

This could be discouraging for some college and graduate students hoping for high-salaried, fast-track jobs with financial firms next spring.

Dwight told Michael in Season 6 that Michael's pathetic career path hurt Dwight and he regretted working for him instead of taking a fast-track job at Home Depot, but they buried their differences later on.

You have a fast-track job and work 12 and 14 hours a day.

The minute he graduated with his degree in engineering, she booted Enos into the family business, real fast-track job, lots of responsibility but almost no experience, but it pays the freight.

Even those who do go to college are not assured of high-paying, fast-track jobs.

And Malik (Allen Payne) is a compulsive womanizer who suddenly quits his fast-track job at an advertising agency hoping to put his good looks to work as a model.

Some students leave university to go straight into the workforce, others are looking to secure fast-track jobs in a difficult economic environment, and many will wish to continue studying for advanced degrees.

In 1997, he quit his fast-track job to find "personal fulfillment."