: one who is employable
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Adjective
this wall map of the bay is for decoration only—it's not employable for actual navigation
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Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The clubs can open a pathway to developing focus, creativity, and employable skills, and the positive social relationships that students develop in the clubs are priceless.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
These projects teach employable skills that recruiters look for on resumes.
—Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
Back in 2006, when India graduated some 350 000 engineers, employers there estimated that about 10 percent to at best 25 percent were employable by multi-national companies.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Sep. 2013
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Adjective
To remain relevant—to students, to employers, and to funders—universities need to reimagine their role in a world where knowledge is abundant but employable skills are scarce.
—Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The clubs can open a pathway to developing focus, creativity, and employable skills, and the positive social relationships that students develop in the clubs are priceless.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
These projects teach employable skills that recruiters look for on resumes.
—Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
Back in 2006, when India graduated some 350 000 engineers, employers there estimated that about 10 percent to at best 25 percent were employable by multi-national companies.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Sep. 2013
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“Employable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/employable. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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