就しゅう職しょく氷ひょう河が期き

noun

employment ice age; job drought; period of poor employment opportunities

Refers to a period when it is extremely difficult for new graduates to find jobs, especially in Japan. Often used for the late 1990s to early 2000s.

• 就しゅう職しょく氷ひょう河が期き世せ代だいは、今いまでも非ひ正せい規き雇こ用ようで苦くるしんでいる人ひとが多おおい。

  Many people from the employment ice age generation are still struggling in non-regular employment.

• 景けい気きが悪あっ化かすると、また就しゅう職しょく氷ひょう河が期きが来くるかもしれない。

  If the economy worsens, another employment ice age may come.