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employability

employability

2 4.0
Ability to get and keep a job because you have the right skills
  • noun
  • /ɪmˌplɔɪəˈbɪləti/
translation icon : empleabilidad
  • Developing strong communication skills is essential for enhancing your employability in today's job market.
  • employability skills
  • enhance employability
  • good employability

Examples

  • Vocational training should reflect the current job market, with an emphasis on employability and life skills.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Fieldwork experience also provides professional development and skills that increase a student's employability (Solem, Cheung, and Schlemper 2008).

    Academic text (2018)
  • Very, very like work focused, so focusing on employability skills and the world of work after school or college.

  • The benefits of this strategy, in terms of students' school success, employability, and contributions to society, would be invaluable.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Ideally, the development of good employability skills should begin at home and often is the result of effective parenting.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Aside from the emphasis that employers place on employability skills, there is another reason why schools should teach such skills.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The teaching of employability skills belongs in the school curriculum and is essential to our nation's future.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The personal characteristics and attitudes desired by employers are termed employability skills in this article.

    Academic text (1993)
  • UK workers believe a healthy smile improves their employability and promotion prospects, according to research by Bupa.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Commitment to learning assumes a payoff in terms of future employability.

    Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

fitness
vsemployability
63 2.3

Being suitable for a particular purpose or role

is focused on getting and keeping work because of relevant skills
engageability
vsemployability
8.4

How suitable or available a person is to be hired for work

is broader, including ability to obtain and retain a job because of skills

Antonyms

Not being able to get or keep a job

How Employable

employability
2 4.0

Surface Forms

employability singular

Morphology

employability = employable (transparent) = employ + able + ity

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ity' to the adjective 'employable', which itself is transparently 'employ' + '-able'.

Etymology

Employability is made from employ and the ending -ability. Employ means 'to give someone work' or 'to use' and you can see the same root in employee and employer. So employability is the 'ability to be employed', meaning the skills and qualities that help you get and keep a job.