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Full-time

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

adjectiveCore term

In job interviews & careers, full-time means: Describes a job in which you work the normal number of hours in a week, usually around 35 to 40 hours.

In Turkish: tam zamanlı

How it is used

Seen in almost every job ad: 'full-time, permanent'. Written with a hyphen before a noun (a full-time job) and usually without one after a verb (work full time).

Example sentences

  1. This is a full-time position based in our Istanbul office.

  2. After a year of freelancing, she went back to working full time.

Common collocations

  • full-time job
  • full-time position
  • work full time
  • full-time employee
  • part-timeDescribes a job in which you work fewer hours than a normal full working week, for example three days a week or only in the mornings.
  • remote workWorking from home or another place outside the employer's office, usually with a laptop, an internet connection and video calls.
  • hybridDescribes a way of working in which employees spend some days in the office and some days working from home.
  • employment contractA legal agreement between an employer and an employee that sets out the job, pay, hours, holidays and other conditions of work.

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