Dictionary

jobforce en · NOUN

Etymology

From job + force.

Meanings

1. All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project
2. The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable.
   • "Dorothy Spear has since returned to the jobforce; but, now she recognizes her limits." 2015 September 18, Britta Lee, “Black women and bone health: a hidden epidemic”, in Atlanta Daily World:
   • "Sudden, but dramatic, changes in the profile of the jobforce means that no longer will certain jobs be traditionally staffed by particular groups." 2008, Adrian Furnham, Personality and Intelligence at Work: Exploring and Explaining Individual Differences at Work, Routledge:
   • "Immigration reform and bringing in foreign workers to both take care of the elderly and fill in increasingly prevalent openings in the jobforce would be a huge step in the right direction." 2017 March 8, Tyler Sapsford, “Japan’s Demographic Conundrum: Echoes from an Aging Nation”, in The Politic:

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Relateds

manpower · workforce · labour force