While you're looking for a (new) job, I'll be taking a refresher course. ¿

REFRESHER is another word that Russians overuse in this context. To me, a refresher implies relearning something you already learned/know.

I actually didn't like it either. I just couldn't come up with anything better than dictionaries provide)).

Thanks))

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Не знаю, как это вписываетсв в контекст "пока ты ищешь работу", но вообще говоря, "курсы повышения квалификации" - это для сотрудников, и посылает их на курсы предприятие.

Думаю, что-то вроде staff development.

So this means that while one is looking for a job, the other already has a job and is going through development training?

Вот я и говорю, в контекст не вписывается.
Может быть я и ошибаюсь, и в последнее время значение изменилось.

>So this means that while one is looking for a job, the other already has a job and is going through development training?
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That’s ok because my translation would work if the person already had a job.

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Uly, can we start the sentence with "While you're looking for a job..."?

Yep. Or better “while you’re OUT THERE looking for a job...”

When people are looking for work, we use the expression “pound the pavement”... While you’re out there pounding the pavement... 😂

SO, what's the core different between looking for a job and looking for work?

Pounding the pavement - обивать пороги (в поисках работы)! 👍

@Russ, there’s no difference