jobseeker

jobseeker

English

Alternative forms

• job seeker

Etymology

job +‎ seeker

Noun

jobseeker (plural jobseekers)

1. 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.

2. (Britain) An unemployed person who needs to prove he/she is looking for work in order to obtain government benefits.

Derived terms

• Jobseeker's Allowance

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 m, Arbeitsuchende f Hebrew: מחפש עבודה‎ m (mekhapés avodá), דורש עבודה‎ m (dorésh avodá) Hungarian: álláskereső (hu), munkakereső (hu) Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: 求職者 (きゅうしょくしゃ, kyūshokusha) Khmer: អ្នក​ស្វែងរក​ការងារ (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 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

See also

• employer