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Boomerang employee

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

nounCommon term

In job interviews & careers, boomerang employee means: Someone who returns to work for an employer they previously left.

In Turkish: eski işverenine dönen çalışan

How it is used

Use for a former employee returning after a period elsewhere.

Example sentences

  1. As a boomerang employee, she returned with experience from a larger organization.

    Returning staff may bring knowledge gained outside the organization.

  2. The boomerang employee still needed training because the systems had changed.

    Previous employment does not mean every current practice is familiar.

Common collocations

  • hire a boomerang employee
  • return as a boomerang employee
  • work experienceThe jobs you have done and what you learned from them; in British English it can also mean a short unpaid placement for school pupils.
  • hireTo give someone a job and start paying them to work for you.

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