就職(しゅうしょく)

しゅうしょく
noun, suru-verb
finding employment, getting a job
1. finding employment, getting a job
The act of obtaining a job, especially one's first full-time position.
来年(らいねん)就職(しゅうしょく)する予定(よてい)だ。
I plan to start working next year.
就職(しゅうしょく)活動(かつどう)は大変(たいへん)だった。
Job hunting was difficult.
大学(だいがく)4年生(ねんせい)になると、多(おお)くの学生(がくせい)が就職(しゅうしょく)活動(かつどう)を始(はじ)める。企業(きぎょう)説明会(せつめいかい)に参加(さんか)したり、面接(めんせつ)の練習(れんしゅう)をしたりと、忙(いそが)しい日々(ひび)が続(つづ)く。
When students become fourth-year university students, many begin job hunting. Busy days continue with attending company information sessions and practicing for interviews.

就職(しゅうしょく) refers to getting employment, particularly entering the workforce for the first time.

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 就職(しゅうしょく)する (to get a job, to start working)
  • 就職(しゅうしょく)が決(き)まる (to secure a job)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 就職(しゅうしょく)活動(かつどう) / 就活(しゅうかつ) (job hunting)
  • 就職(しゅうしょく)先(さき) (place of employment)
  • 就職(しゅうしょく)率(りつ) (employment rate)
  • 就職(しゅうしょく)難(なん) (difficulty finding employment)
  • 就職(しゅうしょく)氷河期(ひょうがき) (employment ice age - period of poor job market)

ANTONYM:

  • 失業(しつぎょう) (unemployment)

RELATED TERMS:

  • 転職(てんしょく) (job change, changing jobs)
  • 退職(たいしょく) (retirement, resignation)

Related Words

Antonym: 失業(しつぎょう) (unemployment)
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Added 2026.1.11 22:40 · Revised 2026.1.24 16:38
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