job market

noun

: the number of jobs that are available for workers

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The final year of Istituto Marangoni Riyadh’s three-year courses will entail industry projects, internships, and active collaboration with companies that are custom-selected for each student — taking into account both parties’ needs and skills — to ensure job market alignment. Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 2 June 2025 Gas prices will be talked about in the upcoming campaigns, but there will be plenty of competition, including how President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget cuts and tariffs, inflation and the job market will figure into what the economy is doing. Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2025 In China, the record graduating class of 11.8 million students in 2024 confronts a difficult job market, with youth unemployment in urban areas at 18.8% in August, the highest for the year. Moin Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025 The survey’s Expectations Index, which is based on a six-month outlook for income, business and job market conditions, surged by nearly 17.5 points to 72.8, but remained below the 80-point threshold typically used to indicate the likelihood of avoiding a recession. Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for job market

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“Job market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/job%20market. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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