Meanings
plural jobforces · alternative job force
- All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project
- The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable.
"Dorothy Spear has since returned to the jobforce; but, now she recognizes her limits."
2015 September 18, Britta Lee, “Black women and bone health: a hidden epidemic”, in Atlanta Daily World2 more examples
"Sudden, but dramatic, changes in the profile of the jobforce means that no longer will certain jobs be traditionally staffed by particular groups."
2008, Adrian Furnham, Personality and Intelligence at Work: Exploring and Explaining Individual Differences at Work, Routledge"Immigration reform and bringing in foreign workers to both take care of the elderly and fill in increasingly prevalent openings in the jobforce would be a huge step in the right direction."
2017 March 8, Tyler Sapsford, “Japan’s Demographic Conundrum: Echoes from an Aging Nation”, in The Politic
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