entry-level job
First career rung
An entry-level job requires minimal prior experience or specialized training, typically serving as someone's first position in a field or industry.
These jobs offer lower pay but provide foundational skills and a pathway to advancement: She took an entry-level job at the marketing firm right out of college.
The term sometimes appears in job listings that paradoxically demand years of experience.
- starterInitiator of action
- internSupervised workplace learner
- traineeOne being instructed
- juniorLower in standing
- beginnerOne who lacks experience
hiring · job posting · resume · interview · minimum wage · living wage · hourly · retail · barista · cashier · receptionist · clerk · first job · foot in the door · bottom rung · graduate · career ladder · inexperienced
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- twentiestwenties, young adult, early adulthood, emerging adulthood, college grad
- recruitingrecruiter, recruiting, recruit, recruiters, headhunter
- internship opportunitiesunpaid internship, legal internship, medical internship
- job readinessjob readiness, work readiness, employability, career readiness, job skills
entry-level jobleadership role
senior executive · chief officer · senior management · senior partner · principal role
entry, level, enter, entered, entering, enters, entrance, reenter, reentry