Meaning & use
Employability
Last updated
The quality of having the skills and qualities needed to gain and keep employment.
See it in a sentence
The university added career workshops to improve students' employability.
Learning a second language can boost your employability in many industries.
A note on using this word
Frequently used in education and workforce development contexts to describe readiness for the job market.
Words with a similar meaning
hireabilityjob-readiness
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
unemployability
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “Employability”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.