"professional ceiling" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is often used when discussing the highest level of a job or opportunity that one can reach within a profession or field. For example, "He was talented, but he was unable to break through the professional ceiling and move up in his organization."
"Most people in the army think his professional ceiling is at the major general level".
Your professional ceiling is undoubtedly contingent upon your own work ethic.
While it's a job I'm quite happy to do, there is the feeling I have reached something of a professional ceiling and, despite trying, I'm finding it hard to get promoted.
One of the most far-reaching and overlooked consequences is that it is reinforcing the professional glass ceiling for women.
Here's a tip for those who want to be professionals: Debt ceiling hostage takers are dangerous psychopaths, full stop.
Fig. 1 Hammering test conducted by a professional on the ceiling portion of a tunnel: only a simple hammer is needed thus the popularity of this non-destructive testing method.
She represents the on-going effort of American women everywhere striving to maintain a continuum of good will and effort on behalf of the environmental movement, a movement where a professional green glass ceiling is quietly maintained but must be revealed and ultimately broken.
(His father and an electrician helped with wiring, and a professional replaced the kitchen ceiling).
Hire professionals to remove moldy ceiling tiles, carpet, linoleum, or drywall.
In fact, Tomoyo Nonaka, the former chief executive of the electronics giant Sanyo, describes the barrier to women's professional advancement as "an iron ceiling – with a few holes in it".
And so the best Bobos, Mr. Brooks's term for a group he defines as Bohemian bourgeois, find the best microfiber mops, Australian lamb's wool ceiling dusters and professional vacuum cleaners to care for their restaurant-quality kitchens, recycled teak floors and slate-slab bathrooms.
