job (noun)
31job share — job shares, job sharing, job shared VERB If two people job share, they share the same job by working part time, for example one person in the mornings and the other in the afternoons. [BUSINESS] They both want to job share. Derived words: job… …
32job — 1 vb jobbed, job·bing vi 1: to do odd or occasional pieces of work for hire 2: to carry on the business of a middleman or wholesaler vt 1: to buy and sell (as stock) for profit 2: to hire or let by the j …
33job market — ➔ market1 * * * job market UK US noun [C, usually singular] ► ECONOMICS, HR the number of jobs that are available in a particular place or for a particular type of work: a competitive/tough job market »It is hard for low skilled workers to earn… …
34job placement — ➔ placement * * * job placement UK US noun HR ► [U] a service for finding a suitable job for someone, especially a temporary job for a student or unemployed person: »The agency offers training and job placement to school leavers. ► [C] a… …
35job security — ➔ security * * * job security UK US noun [U] ► HR the fact of your job being permanent, so that you will probably not lose it: »No job can offer guaranteed job security these days. → Compare JOB STABILITY(Cf. ↑ …
36job-hop — job hopper, n. /job hop /, v.i., job hopped, job hopping. to change jobs frequently. [1950 55] * * * job hop «JOB HOP», intransitive verb, hopped, hop|ping. Informal. to go from job to job; change jobs frequently. –job´hop´per, noun …
37job-hopping — noun Date: circa 1952 the practice of moving from job to job • job hopper noun …
38job action — noun a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands • Hypernyms: ↑direct action • Hyponyms: ↑go slow, ↑work to rule, ↑strike, ↑work stoppage * * * noun : a temporary action (as a slowdown) by wor …
39job advertisement — ➔ advertisement * * * job advertisement UK US noun [C] also UK job advert, also INFORMAL job ad) HR ► an announcement in a newspaper, on the internet, etc. about a job that people can apply for: »The job advertisements specif …
40job order — ➔ order1 * * * job order UK US noun [C] ► PRODUCTION a written instruction to produce a particular amount of goods or to provide a particular service: »We have received a big job order from one of our main customers. »fill/complete a job order ►… …
