job opportunities

Available work positions

Job opportunities are positions available for employment—openings where someone might find work.

The phrase often appears in discussions of economic conditions or career prospects: The city offers excellent job opportunities for young professionals.

Job opportunities can refer to specific vacancies or to the general availability of employment in a field or region: There aren't many job opportunities in coal mining anymore.

Opposites
employment availability

job opportunitiesunemployment

Being without paid work

joblessness · job scarcity · layoffs · hiring freeze · workforce reduction

career mobility

job opportunitiesglass ceiling

Unacknowledged limit blocking advancement

career stagnation · underemployment · job lock · job insecurity · stuck in a rut

economic conditions

job opportunitieseconomic depression

Sustained economic contraction

recession · economic downturn · Great Depression · economic hardship · bust

Family

opportunity

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G