between jobs
Seeking new employment
Between jobs is a euphemism for unemployed, suggesting the condition is temporary—a gap between past employment and future employment rather than an indefinite state: He's between jobs right now, but he's interviewing.
The phrase softens the stigma of joblessness by framing it as a transitional period.
- laid-offTerminated from employment
- pink slipEmployment termination notice
- out-of-workWithout a job
- transitioningPassing from one state another
- reskillingLearning new work capabilities
worry · fresh start · furloughed · uncertain · severance · safety net · temping · limbo · soul searching · freelancing · resilient · hopeful · sweatpants · applying · stressed · networking · interviewing · search
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- oustedfired, axed, sacked, canned, terminated
- nonearnersunemployed, retirees, pensioners, homemakers, housewives
employment status
between jobsemployed
Having paid work
working · on the job · earning a living · hired · at work
euphemism vs. directness
between jobsunemployed
Without a job
jobless · out of work · laid off · fired · sacked