jobforce

English

Alternative forms

• job force

Etymology

From job +‎ force.

Noun

jobforce (plural jobforces)

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.
   • 2008, Adrian Furnham, Personality and Intelligence at Work: Exploring and Explaining Individual Differences at Work‎^[1], Routledge:

     "Sudden, but dramatic, changes in the profile of the jobforce means that no longer will certain jobs be traditionally staffed by particular groups."

   • 2015 September 18, Britta Lee, “Black women and bone health: a hidden epidemic”, in Atlanta Daily World:

     "Dorothy Spear has since returned to the jobforce; but, now she recognizes her limits."

   • 2017 March 8, Tyler Sapsford, “Japan’s Demographic Conundrum: Echoes from an Aging Nation”, in The Politic:

     "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."

See also

• workforce
• labour force
• manpower