jobforce

jobforce

English

Alternative forms

• job force

Etymology

From job +‎ force

Noun

jobforce (plural jobforces)

1. All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project
2. The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable.
   • 2008 Adrian Furnham, Personality and Intelligence at Work: Exploring and Explaining Individual Differences at Work, Routledge, 2008

     "Sudden, but dramatic, changes in the profile of the jobforce means that no longer will certain jobs be traditionally staffed by particular groups."

   • 2015 Britta Lee, "Black women and bone health: a hidden epidemic," Atlanta Daily World, September 18, 2015

     "Dorothy Spear has since returned to the jobforce; but, now she recognizes her limits."

   • 2017 Tyler Sapsford, "Japan’s Demographic Conundrum: Echoes from an Aging Nation," The Politic, March 8, 2017

     "Immigration reform and bringing in foreign workers to both take care of the elderly and fill in increasingly prevalent openings in the jobforce would be a huge step in the right direction."

See also

• workforce
• labour force
• manpower