job (noun)
51job stability — UK US noun [U] HR ► the fact of an employee, or a group of employees, being able to keep the same job for a long time: »There are certain industries that still offer long term job stability. → Compare JOB SECURITY(Cf. ↑job security) ► the fact of …
52job analysis — ➔ analysis * * * job analysis UK US noun [C or U] HR ► a detailed examination of the tasks involved in a particular job and the skills, knowledge, and experience needed to do it: »job analysis methods/techniques …
53job design — ➔ design1 * * * job design UK US noun [U] HR ► the process of deciding the tasks and responsibilities that should form part of a particular job: »Workers were unhappy because of poor job design …
54job protection — ➔ protection * * * job protection UK US noun [U] ► HR, LAW the legal rights that workers have to keep their job if they miss work because of illness, looking after a baby, a strike, etc.: »The change in the law will increase job protection and… …
55job quota — ➔ quota * * * job quota UK US noun [C] ► HR, LAW a percentage of jobs that is the lowest or highest that must by law be given to people from a particular group: »The government has refused to introduce job quotas for women. »Unions are demanding… …
56job rotation — ➔ rotation * * * job rotation UK US noun [U] ► HR, WORKPLACE a system of working in which employees work in a range of jobs in a company so that they have different types of work to do and understand the organization better: »Job rotation can… …
57job profile — UK US noun [C] (also job specification) ► HR a description of the exact tasks involved in a particular job, and of the skills, experience, and personality a person would need in order to do the job: »The information in a job profile can be used… …
58job-protected leave — UK US noun [U] ► HR, LAW time away from work that an employer must allow an employee for a special reason, for example for a parent to look after a new baby, while keeping the job open for the employee when they can return to work: »job protected …
59job analysis — noun : determination of the precise characteristics of a job or position through detailed observation and critical examination of the sequential activities, facilities required, conditions of work, and the qualifications needed in a worker… …
60job bank — noun : a usually computerized job listing or placement service for the unemployed * * * a data file or agency for matching persons seeking work with suitable job openings. [1970 75] * * * job bank, a computerized job placement service: »Job… …
