就職難(しゅうしょくなん) しゅうしょくなん noun difficulty finding a job; tight job market worksociety 1. difficulty finding a job; tight job market A situation in which there are few openings for many job seekers, seen from the job seekers' side. 当時(とうじ)は就職難(しゅうしょくなん)の時代(じだい)だった。 Back then, jobs were hard to find. 不況(ふきょう)で就職難(しゅうしょくなん)が続(つづ)いている。 Because of the recession, jobs remain scarce. 就職難(しゅうしょくなん)のため、大学院(だいがくいん)に進(すす)む学生(がくせい)が増(ふ)えた。 Because of the tight job market, more students went on to graduate school. 就職(しゅうしょく) (finding employment) + 難(なん) (difficulty). The opposite situation, where employers cannot find workers, is 人手不足(ひとでぶそく).Common collocations就職難(しゅうしょくなん)の時代(じだい): an era of scarce jobs就職難(しゅうしょくなん)に直面(ちょくめん)する: to face a tight job marketRelated words就職氷河期(しゅうしょくひょうがき): the "employment ice age" of the 1990s and early 2000s売(う)り手(て)市場(しじょう): a seller's market, when jobs are plentiful for applicants Related Words Related: 就職氷河期(しゅうしょくひょうがき) (the "employment ice age" of the 1990s…) general Added 2026.10.2 10:56 · Revised 2026.10.2 10:57 31000/31424_shuushokunan