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job seeker

American  
Also jobseeker

noun

  1. a person who is actively looking for employment.


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The number of applications submitted per job seeker on LinkedIn has risen about 30% since the pandemic, Shapero said, with many people using AI to write, tailor and blast them off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

"Any message asking a job seeker to download an app to participate in an interview is not legitimate."

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

“If you are a job seeker, or you are graduating from college, and you’re choosing between two different firms that are otherwise similar, I would choose the one that’s using AI,” Kharazian said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

“If that’s true, a job seeker open to those opportunities may face less competition simply because they’re considering roles others have ruled out,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

But there are no Palm Pilots, cable channels, or Web sites to advise the low-wage job seeker.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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