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Part-time

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

adjectiveCore term

In job interviews & careers, part-time means: Describes 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.

In Turkish: yarı zamanlı, part-time

How it is used

Common among students, parents and people with other commitments. You can have a part-time job, work part time or go part-time. Job ads may give the hours, such as '20 hours per week'.

Example sentences

  1. I had a part-time job in a café while I was at university.

  2. Is it possible to do this role part-time, say four days a week?

Common collocations

  • part-time job
  • work part time
  • go part-time
  • part-time hours
  • full-timeDescribes a job in which you work the normal number of hours in a week, usually around 35 to 40 hours.
  • internshipA fixed period of work at a company, often for students or recent graduates, to gain practical experience; it may be paid or unpaid.
  • 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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