Meanings
plural employment histories
- countableuncountableA documented record of a person's prior paid work, typically including employers, positions held, dates of employment, and major duties or responsibilities.
The applicant who has a stable employment history is less likely to have fallen behind on other bills than the applicant who bounces from job to job or has employment broken up by periods of unemployment […]
1999, Lavern S. Urlacher, Small Business Entrepreneurship, page 338Synonyms: work history
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA documented record of a person's prior paid work, typically including employers, positions held, dates of employment, and major duties or responsibilities.
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