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"mobile worker"

English translation: a person who takes his laptop and the peripherals to the client's site

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English term or phrase:	"mobile worker"
English translation:	a person who takes his laptop and the peripherals to the client's site
Entered by:	Yasutomo Kanazawa

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11:27 Nov 5, 2009

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English term or phrase: "mobile worker"

In the context is : "A study on the future of work in the UK predicts the rise of the “mobile worker”.
Είναι καλύτερα "κινητός υπάλληλος" ή "μετακινούμενος υπάλληλος"?

leno
Greece

a person who takes his laptop and the peripherals to the client's site

Explanation:
http://www.smartphonemag.com/cms/_archives/Aug08/MobileWorke...

Selected response from:

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 23:04

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thanks
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Summary of answers provided

a person who takes his laptop and the peripherals to the client's site

Yasutomo Kanazawa

4 +1

workers who perform their work in multiple locations such as customer sites, etc. (see below)

Joyce A

A person who goes from job To Job

Gary D

Summary of reference entries provided

flexible worker

Goldcoaster

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

10 mins confidence:

a person who takes his laptop and the peripherals to the client's site

Explanation:
http://www.smartphonemag.com/cms/_archives/Aug08/MobileWorke...

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 23:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks

55 mins confidence:

A person who goes from job To Job

Explanation:
Up until the 70's people would stay in a job for 20 - 30 years and would not change jobs too much, In the 80's - 90's people started to change jobs every 5 - 9 years. With the current worker, they change jobs mostly in less than 5 years and are very mobile and will often change countries as well as jobs.
It is a growing trend where workers are more mobile than they used to be and don't mind having a go at other skills.. Not uncommon to see an Engineer working on a building site as a chippie, for instance.

There is also another form of mobile worker, and it is the worker who now works out of a van, like a mobile mechanic, or a mobile PC tech who comes to your home, and even mobile Hairdressing... huge in the 90's but this has been a decreasing trend in the 00"s. They seem to increase after an economy collapse..

Gary D
Australia
Local time: 00:04
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 18

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

workers who perform their work in multiple locations such as customer sites, etc. (see below)

Explanation:
Definition from:
http://wfnetwork.bc.edu/glossary_entry.php?term=Mobile Worke...

Workers who, “perform their work in multiple locations such as customer sites, company offices, their homes, vendor offices, planes, and hotels” (Richman, Noble, & Johnson, 2002, p. 9).

Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 21:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Reference comments

49 mins

Reference: flexible worker

Reference information:
without more context this can mean
a) a worker who can readily be transfered from one location (office,
site) to another or
b) a worker on the move together with his "mobile" office consisting of
any number of equipment from notebook (with access to internet,
intranet), printer, mobile phone etc. or
c) a combination of both

Goldcoaster
Switzerland
Native speaker of:

English,

German