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