就職します（しゅうしょくします、shuushokushimasu）
- to get a job

The Japanese word 就職します (しゅうしょくします) means "to get a job," "to find employment," or "to start working at a company." It refers to the process of being hired by a company or organization after completing your education or training. It encompasses the entire process of job hunting, from applying for positions to accepting an offer and starting work. This action typically follows studies or a period of unemployment. 就職します describes a transition from being a student, unemployed, or self-employed to being a company employee. It implies a formal employment relationship, usually with regular pay and benefits. The word focuses on the act of getting a job, or obtaining employment.

⚫︎大学を卒業したら、就職します。 Translation: I will get a job after graduating from university. ⚫︎来年、新しい会社に就職します。 Translation: I will get a job at a new company next year. ⚫︎彼は希望していた会社に就職しました。 Translation: He got a job at the company he had hoped for.

⚫︎You use 就職します when talking about the action of finding and accepting a job. ⚫︎It's generally used when discussing employment within a company or organization. ⚫︎It's appropriate for formal and informal contexts. ⚫︎The form is usually 就職します (present/future tense), 就職しました (past tense), or 就職する (dictionary form, which can be used to say "to get a job" in a general sense.)

⚫︎The word is typically written in kanji: 就職します. ⚫︎The reading is しゅうしょくします in hiragana. ⚫︎The verb stem is 就職 (しゅうしょく). ⚫︎The verb itself is a suru-verb (する verb), so it conjugates in the same way as other suru-verbs: ⚫︎Present/Future: 就職します (就職します) ⚫︎Past: 就職しました (就職しました) ⚫︎Present Negative: 就職しません ⚫︎Past Negative: 就職しませんでした ⚫︎Dictionary Form: 就職する ⚫︎Te-form: 就職して ⚫︎Volitional Form: 就職しよう ⚫︎Potential Form: 就職できる ⚫︎Passive Form: 就職される ⚫︎The okurigana (suffix hiragana) is always します.

⚫︎仕事を見つける (しごとをみつける) - to find a job ⚫︎雇用される (こようされる) - to be employed ⚫︎職に就く (しょくにつく) - to take a job (more formal) ⚫︎入社する (にゅうしゃする) - to join a company (implies the action of entering the company)

⚫︎退職する (たいしょくする) - to retire/to leave a job ⚫︎失業する (しつぎょうする) - to become unemployed ⚫︎解雇される (かいこされる) - to be fired

私は来年、日本で就職します。 ・Translation: I will get a job in Japan next year. ・Explanation: This sentence simply states the speaker's intention to find employment in Japan.

彼は一生懸命に就職活動をして、ついに就職しました。 ・Translation: He worked hard on job hunting, and finally got a job. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the effort involved in job hunting, and the eventual success of finding employment.

The word 就職 is a compound word: ⚫︎就 (しゅう) - to take up, to assume, to be engaged in. ⚫︎職 (しょく) - job, employment, post. Therefore, 就職 literally means "to take up a job" or "to be employed." The word します is a polite verb suffix that makes the whole word polite.