Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available: Describes a person who has the necessary skills, qualifications, health, and readiness to be hired for a job.
   • Suitable for use or employment: Can describe skills, attributes, or qualities that make someone a viable candidate for employment.

2. Noun:

   • A person who is qualified and ready to work: Refers to an individual who meets the criteria to be hired.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • After completing the training program, she became much more employable in the tech industry.
  • The university aims to provide students with employable skills that are in high demand.
  • He is fully recovered and is now employable again.

• Noun:

  • The new policy aims to connect employables with local businesses. (Note: This noun form is less common than the adjective.)

Advanced Usage

• "Highly employable": Used to emphasize that someone possesses skills or qualifications that are particularly sought after by employers.

  • Graduates with both technical and soft skills are highly employable.

• "Employability" (Related Noun): The quality of being suitable for paid work. This is a more common abstract noun than "employable" used as a concrete noun.

  • The course focuses on improving students' employability.

Variants and Related Words

• Employability (n): The state of having the skills and qualities needed to gain employment.

  • Digital literacy is key to employability in the modern economy.

• Employ (v): To give someone a job and pay them for it.

• Employment (n): The state of having paid work; the act of employing someone.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Hireable, job-ready, qualified, suitable for employment.
• Noun: Candidate, prospective employee, job-seeker (in context).

Antonyms

• Adjective: Unemployable, unfit for work, unsuitable.
• Noun: (Conceptually) The unemployed (those not working, which may include both employable and unemployable individuals).

Related Phrases

• "Employable skills": Skills that increase a person's chances of getting a job.

  • Communication and problem-solving are considered core employable skills.

• "To make someone more employable": To enhance a person's qualifications or skills for the job market.

  • An internship can make you more employable.

Adjective

1. physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available

Noun

1. a person who is qualified and ready to work