就職活動
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Meanings
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Refers to the process of seeking employment, especially the formal recruitment activities of students and job seekers in Japan.
He went to Tokyo for job hunting.
Job hunting is tough, but do your best.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉が就職活動をするfor someone to engage in job hunting
Many university students start job hunting in the fall of their third year.
- 就職活動を始めるto start job hunting
He started job hunting a year before graduation.
- 就職活動が長引くfor job hunting to drag on longer than expected
Because of the poor economy, many students' job hunting is dragging on.
- 就職活動に励むto work hard at job hunting
She works hard at job hunting every day at the library.
- 就職活動中in the middle of / during job hunting
While job hunting, I'm so busy I don't even have time to see friends.