2004-2006 - Deputy principal of elementary classes in Al-Farabi school-lyceum (Petropavlovsk, Russia).
- 2004-2006 - deputy director for primary classes in the SI "Al-Farabi School-Lyceum" (Petropavlovsk).
September 2013 - July 2017 - Head of the State Institution "Education Department of Petropavlovsk".
July 2017 - September 2021 - Head of the Department of Education of the North Kazakhstan region.
On January 14, 2023, Gulmira Karimova was elected as a member of the Senate from the North Kazakhstan region.