Meaning & use
post-job
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Meanings
adjectivebefore a noun
Happening or done after a job or after finishing a job.
Grammar: Used before a noun: post-job interview, post-job survey.
Patterns
- post-job interview
- post-job survey
- post-job evaluation
The company sends a post-job survey to all applicants.
She had a post-job interview to discuss her experience.
Post-job feedback helps workers improve their skills.
adverbinformal
After doing a job or after finishing work.
Grammar: Used without an object, often at the end of a sentence: We talked post-job.
Patterns
- meet post-job
- relax post-job
We often meet post-job for coffee.
He likes to relax post-job with a walk.
Common combinations
- post-job survey
- Please complete the post-job survey before you leave.
- post-job interview
- The post-job interview lasted about twenty minutes.
- post-job blues
- Some people feel post-job blues after a long project ends.
Synonyms and how they differ
- after-work
- After-work is similar but usually refers to activities after daily work hours, while post-job often refers to after a specific job or employment period.
Opposites
Word family
- job noun
- Work that someone does regularly for pay.
- pre-job adjective
- Happening before a job.
Commonly confused: post-job or post a job?
post-job vs post a job
Post a job is a verb phrase meaning to advertise a job, while post-job is an adjective or adverb meaning after a job.
Practice
Which sentence uses post-job correctly?
Choose one answer.
Post-job is an adjective meaning after a job, so it directly modifies survey. The other options add unnecessary or incorrect time words.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “post-job”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.