labour market
The supply of available workers in relation to available jobs in an area or industry.
speakingWork and economy
Использование в IELTS
Essential for discussing employment, unemployment, and economic conditions in the IELTS speaking test.
Примеры
- The labour market has become increasingly competitive for recent graduates.
- Government policies can significantly affect the flexibility of the labour market.
- A skilled labour market is crucial for attracting foreign investment.
Collocations
- tight labour market
- A tight labour market makes it easier for workers to demand higher wages.
- labour market reform
- Labour market reforms were introduced to reduce unemployment.
- enter the labour market
- Many young people struggle to enter the labour market without prior experience.
- labour market participation
- Labour market participation among women has risen steadily.
- labour market conditions
- Labour market conditions have improved since the recession.
Word family
- Существительное
- labour
- Прилагательное
- labour-related
Paraphrases
- job market: A common alternative used in everyday speech and IELTS speaking.
- employment landscape: More formal, often used to describe broad trends.
- workforce demand and supply: More technical, focusing on the economic balance.
Распространенные ошибки
- The labour market is very difficulty now. to The labour market is very difficult now.. 'Difficulty' is a noun; the adjective 'difficult' is needed here.
- I need to join the labour market after graduate. to I need to enter the labour market after graduating.. Use 'enter' or 'join' appropriately; 'after' is a preposition, so the gerund 'graduating' is correct.
- Labour market is important for economy. to The labour market is important for the economy.. Both 'labour market' and 'economy' require definite articles when referring to general concepts.