Job/Work related term.

[polyxena11]

What is the meaning of 'second Jobber'?

[woofgang]

someone who has two jobs, presumably to make ends meet?

[sylvday]

I think Woofgang is wrong. "Second jobber" in an employment ad usually signifies that they do not want someone straight from school/uni etc, but someone who has had a previous job. Presumably, however, they might accept someone who had two or more previous jobs, so long as they did not expect too much money.

[woofgang]

I'm not sure that that is allowable in employment law unless the job has a recognised seniority ladder and payscale, in which case you say something like "x years/months experience at x level required"...not saying you are wrong, syvday, just that it may not be allowable in an advert like ageism or genderism isn't

[sylvday]

As it happens, Woofgang, there is currently no law in the UK against "ageism" (though possibly there should be), and I don't see how requiring a "second jobber" would involve other forms of discrimination. For an example of the use of the term, see http://www.londonjobs.co.uk/finn/job/object?id=343
4860&sid=029068910274492&pos=1&rub=18

[woofgang]

I take your point; however the ad you reference does not "require" a second jobber, it just indicates that it would be a good opportunity for one. In the same way, you can suggest that a job would be a good opportunity for (say) a mum returning to work or an older person, but I don't believe that you can say (for instance) "only men under thirty need apply" or turn someone down for a job on the grounds of their age or gender alone, unless there is a "genuine gender requirement"

[trilobite]

The words "would suit" are usually used in these and similar circumstances.
eg ' would suit second jobber'
'would suit mature person'
A cop-out I know -but perfectly legal.

[polyxena11]

Thanks guys I think it gives me a better idea although not completely clear. I should say that I'm from Canada and looking at job posting here in the UK, this term kept on coming up but we don't use it and I just couldn't relate it to anything. Oh well, thanks for trying. Cheers

[becks]

It is definitly meant " a person who has had one job before" although not limited to one job. Basically you can't be striaght out of education, they want you to have had a full time job before, and they always say "would suit..." to get round the employment laws.

[superloopie]

Becks and sylvday are absolutely right - it means, quite literally, someone who has had (at least) one job before - presumably of a similar nature (i.e. not including vacation jobs etc.) and therefore not a school/college leaver.