preemployment

or pre-em·ploy·ment

[ pree-em-ploi-muhnt ]

adjective

1. being required or accomplished before an employee begins a new job:

   a preemployment medical exam.

noun

1. the period of testing, processing, etc., before the start of employment.

Word History and Origins

Origin of preemployment¹

First recorded in 1940–45; pre- + employment