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hirable

1 3.5

Suitable to get a job because of skills or experience

adjective
/ˈhaɪərəbəl/

: contratable

The job fair was a great opportunity for graduates to meet hiring managers and showcase their hirable skills.

Examples

With her impressive resume and strong interview skills, she felt confident that she was very hirable.
I would have picked him to be the most "hirable" after SN folded.

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I won't be hirable even if we clone Ronald Reagan (peace be upon him!) in time for the 2016 election.

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Making Damon Lindelof less special and hirable, because people would seek more genuinely weird but thoughtful writers than the often gimmicky, throwaway way he approaches these kinds of values.

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After completing her internship, she became even more hirable to potential employers due to her valuable experience.

Synonyms

well-qualified

vshirable

11 3.5

A person who has the right skills and experience for a job

means simply able to be taken on for work not necessarily highly skilled

employable

vshirable

6 3.5

A person who has skills and training to get and keep a regular job

is broader meaning simply able to be taken on for work

recruitable

vshirable

1 4.0

Someone others can ask to join a job, team, or study

focuses on availability for being taken on rather than general suitability

hireable

vshirable

3.4

Likely to be chosen for a job because of skills

is the same meaning but often spelled in a different way

How Employable

in demand

36 2.9

hirable

1 3.5

underqualified

2 4.7

unemployable

8 5.1

Surface Forms

hirable positive

Morphology

hirable = hire (transparent) = hire + able

The adjective is formed by adding the productive suffix '-able' to 'hire', yielding a directly derivable meaning 'able to be hired'.

Etymology

Hirable comes from the common verb hire, which means 'to employ' or 'to give work'. So a person who is hirable has the skills or qualities that make employers want to hire them.