työnhakijoilla

Työnhakijoilla is the adessive plural form of työnhakija, the Finnish word for a job seeker. It denotes the group of people who are seeking employment and is used to refer to them as a collective in contexts where location, association, or possession is being described. In practice, työnhakijoilla appears in formal and administrative texts to discuss rights, services, or conditions that apply to job seekers.

Linguistically, the form is constructed by taking työnhakija and adding the adessive plural suffix -lla, yielding työnhakijoilla. The adessive case often signals location or association, for example “with job seekers” or “at the job seekers’ reach,” and in official language it can mark the entity that is the focus of a policy or service description.

Common contexts for työnhakijoilla include public employment and welfare communications, research reports, and legal texts that outline what services or protections are available to job seekers. For instance, documents may state that “työnhakijoilla on oikeus saada neuvontaa” or “työnhakijoilla on mahdollisuus osallistua koulutuksiin.” The term is not a proper noun but a grammatical form used to reference the group in a neutral, informational way.

Related forms include työnhakijat (nominative plural), työnhakijoiden (genitive plural), työnhakijoille (allative), and työnhakijoilta (ablative). See also terms such as työnhakija, TE-palvelut (Finnish public employment services), and the broader context of Finnish labor markets.