jobseekern.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɒbsiːkə/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɑbˌsikər/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: job n.², seeker n.

Etymology: < job n.² + seeker n.

A person looking for employment; (in later British use) spec. an unemployed person required to demonstrate efforts to find work in order to qualify for government benefits.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > one who seeks employment

jobseeker1852

job hunter1902

1852 Literary World (N.Y.) 31 Jan. 90/3 Spooner..fancied that the eye of every bystander—an army of job seekers, contract hunters, and the like..—was fixed only on him.

1896 N.Y. Times 19 Apr. (heading) Pair of costly job seekers.

1942 C. Himes in Crisis Oct. 314/1 Here the job seekers with packed bags wait to be singled out for work.

1976 Ann. Rep. Manpower Services Comm. 1975–6 ii. 12/1 Jobcentres are undoubtedly enjoying a great measure of success..in terms of their appeal to jobseekers.

1996 Independent (Nexis) 6 Oct. To receive benefit, unemployed people..must become Jobseekers: they must actively and continually look for work, sign a detailed agreement to do so, and then prove that they are doing it.

2004 Financial Times (Nexis) 26 Apr. 1 Government schemes designed to get the unemployed into work have shifted more than 160,000 jobseekers on to other benefits.

Compounds

Jobseeker's Allowance n. (also without apostrophe or with lower-case initials) British a means-tested government benefit available to unemployed or low-income claimants, officially introduced in 1996.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > social service provided by (local) government > benefit provided by state > specific

sick(ness benefit1875

disability benefit1886

sickness allowance1891

maternity benefit1911

sickness insurance1911

unemployment benefit1933

food stamp1939

attendance allowance1969

unemployment1976

Jobseeker's Allowance1993

1993 Guardian 2 Dec. i. 16/5 The unemployed are now ‘jobseekers’, entitled to Jobseeker's Allowance provided they first sign a Jobseeker's Agreement.

2004 Sunday Mirror (Nexis) 18 July 28 He claimed more than £20,000 in Jobseekers Allowance and other benefits before he was caught.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jobseeker
释义	jobseekern. Brit. /ˈdʒɒbsiːkə/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑbˌsikər/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: job n.², seeker n. Etymology: < job n.² + seeker n. A person looking for employment; (in later British use) spec. an unemployed person required to demonstrate efforts to find work in order to qualify for government benefits. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > one who seeks employment jobseeker1852 job hunter1902 1852 Literary World (N.Y.) 31 Jan. 90/3 Spooner..fancied that the eye of every bystander—an army of job seekers, contract hunters, and the like..—was fixed only on him. 1896 N.Y. Times 19 Apr. (heading) Pair of costly job seekers. 1942 C. Himes in Crisis Oct. 314/1 Here the job seekers with packed bags wait to be singled out for work. 1976 Ann. Rep. Manpower Services Comm. 1975–6 ii. 12/1 Jobcentres are undoubtedly enjoying a great measure of success..in terms of their appeal to jobseekers. 1996 Independent (Nexis) 6 Oct. To receive benefit, unemployed people..must become Jobseekers: they must actively and continually look for work, sign a detailed agreement to do so, and then prove that they are doing it. 2004 Financial Times (Nexis) 26 Apr. 1 Government schemes designed to get the unemployed into work have shifted more than 160,000 jobseekers on to other benefits. Compounds Jobseeker's Allowance n. (also without apostrophe or with lower-case initials) British a means-tested government benefit available to unemployed or low-income claimants, officially introduced in 1996. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > social service provided by (local) government > benefit provided by state > specific sick(ness benefit1875 disability benefit1886 sickness allowance1891 maternity benefit1911 sickness insurance1911 unemployment benefit1933 food stamp1939 attendance allowance1969 unemployment1976 Jobseeker's Allowance1993 1993 Guardian 2 Dec. i. 16/5 The unemployed are now ‘jobseekers’, entitled to Jobseeker's Allowance provided they first sign a Jobseeker's Agreement. 2004 Sunday Mirror (Nexis) 18 July 28 He claimed more than £20,000 in Jobseekers Allowance and other benefits before he was caught. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1852
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