jobforce
nounEtymology From job + force.
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.
- "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:
- "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:
1 more example
- "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:
- Related terms
- workforce, labour force, manpower