元もと職しょく

noun

former job; former position

Refers to a job or position one previously held. Often used in formal contexts like resumes or introductions.

• 彼かれの元もと職しょくは新しん聞ぶん記き者しゃだった。

  His former job was a newspaper reporter.

• 元もと職しょくの経けい験けんを活いかして新あたらしい仕し事ごとに就ついた。

  I used my experience from my former position to get a new job.