job prospects

Employment future possibilities

Job prospects are the likelihood of finding employment in a particular field or situation.

The term usually appears in discussions of career planning or economic conditions: The job prospects for new graduates look promising this year.

Strong job prospects mean plentiful opportunities; poor job prospects suggest difficulty finding work.

She chose nursing partly for the job prospects.

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dream job · future · hiring · hiring freeze · job fair · resume · cover letter · interview · job hunting · advancement · outlook · salary · degree · networking · LinkedIn profile · recruiter · industry · graduate

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Opposites
employment outlook valence

job prospectsunemployment

Being without paid work

joblessness · bleak outlook · unemployability · job scarcity · hopelessness

temporal employment status

job prospectswork experience

Record of past jobs

employment history

career trajectory

job prospectsglass ceiling

Unacknowledged limit blocking advancement

dead-end job · job insecurity · job loss · redundancy · layoff

Family

jobs, jobbed, jobbing, jobless, joblessness, prospect, prospects, prospected, prospecting

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