unemployability
Cannot be hired
Unemployability is the quality of being unsuitable for employment.
The word usually implies personal deficiencies—lack of skills, poor work history, criminal record, or inability to function in a workplace—rather than simply being out of work: His erratic behavior raised questions about his unemployability.
The term can carry judgment, suggesting someone is fundamentally unhireable rather than temporarily between jobs.
Impairment affecting life activities
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- ageismPrejudice targeting older people
- accessibilityEase of approach
neurodiversity · transportation · childcare · prejudice · bias · exclusion
Lacking required credentials
- unskilledLacking acquired competence
- inexperiencedLacking practical knowledge
- illiteracyInability to read
- undereducatedLacking adequate schooling
untrainable · incompetence · inadequacy · obsolescence · retraining · upskilling · certification · mismatch
Relegation to powerless periphery
- povertySevere lack of resources
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
dependency · vulnerability · disenfranchisement · underclass · hopelessness · alienation · deprivation · reintegration
Prolonged economic decline
- automationSelf-operating system design
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- offshoringMoving work overseas
downsizing · globalization · underemployment · deindustrialization
disability
Impairment affecting life activities
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- ageismPrejudice targeting older people
accessibility · neurodiversity · transportation · childcare · prejudice · bias · exclusion
unqualified
Lacking required credentials
- unskilledLacking acquired competence
- inexperiencedLacking practical knowledge
- illiteracyInability to read
undereducated · untrainable · incompetence · inadequacy · obsolescence · retraining · upskilling · certification · mismatch · deficiency
marginalization
Relegation to powerless periphery
- povertySevere lack of resources
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
homelessness · dependency · vulnerability · disenfranchisement · underclass · hopelessness · alienation · deprivation · reintegration
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- automationSelf-operating system design
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- displacementRemoval from usual location
offshoring · downsizing · globalization · underemployment · deindustrialization
- veterans benefitsVA benefits, veterans pensions, VA disability, veteran benefits, VA claims
unemployabilitymarketability
Ease of selling something
desirability · in-demand · talent · indispensability · bankability
employ, employee, employment, employer, employed, unemployment, employees, employing, employs