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Entry-level

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

adjectiveCore term

In job interviews & careers, entry-level means: Describes a job for people at the start of their career that needs little or no previous experience.

In Turkish: giriş seviyesi, başlangıç seviyesi, deneyim gerektirmeyen

How it is used

Used in job ads and job board filters: 'entry-level position', 'entry-level salary'. Similar labels are graduate, junior and trainee. Even some entry-level ads ask for a year or two of experience.

Example sentences

  1. I'm looking for an entry-level job in marketing.

  2. Most of our entry-level roles are filled by recent graduates.

Common collocations

  • entry-level job
  • entry-level position
  • entry-level salary
  • entry-level role
  • internshipA fixed period of work at a company, often for students or recent graduates, to gain practical experience; it may be paid or unpaid.
  • overqualifiedHaving more education, skills or experience than a job needs, so that the employer may think you will be bored, too expensive or likely to leave.
  • foot in the doorA first chance to enter a company or industry, usually in a junior position, which may lead to better jobs later.
  • career pathThe series of jobs and roles a person moves through during their working life, or a planned way to progress inside a company.

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