English
Etymology
From job + seeker.
Noun
jobseeker (plural jobseekers)
- A person seeking employment.
2021 September 8, “Network News: HS2 jobs boost - but skills shortage a concern”, in RAIL, number 939, page 16:It has taken people off the dole queue, and its online jobseekers board is updated daily.
- (British) An unemployed person who needs to prove he/she is looking for work in order to obtain government benefits.
Derived terms
Translations
person seeking employment
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Azerbaijani: işaxtaran, işarayan, işgəzən
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 尋工者 / 寻工者 (xúngōngzhě)
- Dutch: werkzoekende (nl)
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: työnhakija (fi)
- French: demandeur d'emploi (fr) m, demandeuse d'emploi f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Arbeitsuchender (de) m, Arbeitsuchende f
- Greek: αναζητών εργασία m (anazitón ergasía)
- Hebrew: מחפש עבודה m (mekhapés avodá), דורש עבודה m (dorésh avodá)
- Hungarian: álláskereső (hu), munkakereső (hu)
- Italian: persona in cerca di lavoro f
- Japanese: 求職者 (きゅうしょくしゃ, kyūshokusha)
- Khmer: អ្នកស្វែងរកការងារ (nĕək-svaeng rɔɔk-kaa ngiə)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Malay: pencari kerja
- Malayalam: തൊഴിലന്വേഷകൻ m (toḻilanvēṣakaṉ)
- Polish: osoba poszukująca pracy f
- Portuguese: demandante de trabalho m or f
- Russian: и́щущий рабо́ту m (íščuščij rabótu)
- Spanish: demandante de empleo m or f, buscante de trabajo m or f, buscachamba m or f
- Swedish: arbetssökande (sv) c, jobbsökande c
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
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