employment agency
noun
: an agency whose business is to find jobs for people seeking them or to find people to fill jobs that are open
Examples of employment agency in a Sentence
He found work as a mechanic through an employment agency.
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Data from Germany’s federal employment agency shows that the unemployment rate in East Germany has more than halved from its highs, with the gap compared to unemployment in the West shrinking sharply.
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Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 12 Feb. 2025
Those leaders can give you honest feedback and push you to perform at your personal best, while understanding that effort may look different on rough days, said Gimbel, the CEO of employment agency LaSalle Network.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
The employment agency interviewer was painfully blunt.
—Si Liberman, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2024
The company also agreed to work with a local employment agency to recruit minority job applicants and to hold one or more job fairs for new hires for the data center, the release said.
—Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 20 Aug. 2024
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Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 12 Feb. 2025
Those leaders can give you honest feedback and push you to perform at your personal best, while understanding that effort may look different on rough days, said Gimbel, the CEO of employment agency LaSalle Network.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
The employment agency interviewer was painfully blunt.
—Si Liberman, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2024
The company also agreed to work with a local employment agency to recruit minority job applicants and to hold one or more job fairs for new hires for the data center, the release said.
—Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 20 Aug. 2024
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“Employment agency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/employment%20agency. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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