job-hunt

job-hunt
job-hunter ˈjob-ˌhunter noun [countable]
someone who is looking for a job; =job seeker:

• Slowdowns in several big industries had made New York a `desert' for job-hunters.

— job-hunt noun [countable] :

• She had just embarked on a job hunt in Chicago, where she has relocated with her husband.

— job-hunt verb [intransitive] :

• More fired financial and other executives are job-hunting these days.

— job-hunting noun [uncountable] :

• In a year of job-hunting, I didn't come across one trainee program.

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job-hunt UK US verb [I] HR
to try to find a job: »

She spent a year job-hunting before being hired by a local legal firm.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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