Meanings
plural job-seekers
- alternativeAlternative form of jobseeker.
The British public consistently gets it wrong when it comes to the numbers on social policy.
2013 July 9, Mona Chalabi, “Crime, teen pregnancy and job-seekers: what do we overestimate?”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jan 20142 more examples
But the precipitous tumble of high-profile managers in recent years should send up red flags for every job-seeker. […] An annual employer survey turned up “inconsistencies” in the work histories of nearly half of job-seekers last year, with 20% of applicants providing false or misleading information about their educational credentials.
2008 March 27, Molly Selvin, “Job seekers: Get used to full disclosure”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2025The results for the question on pay cuts were somewhat surprising, though. They indicated that older employers were more willing to take a pay cut (77 percent) than their younger counterparts (64 percent).
2010 November 17, Catherine Rampell, “Older Job-Seekers More Willing to Take a Pay Cut”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2010
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