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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And Mexican agricultural laborers were recruited by employment agencies but repatriated when their services were no longer wanted.
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Masha Rumer, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
The bill retains that timing restriction and explicitly extends it to employment agencies, ensuring that recruiters and staffing partners adhere to the same standards as direct employers.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
If passed, the bill would require employers and employment agencies to include wage or wage range information, a general description of benefits, and any other compensation in all job postings.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The women knocking on doors of the employment agencies that dot the roads of this industrial town are one sign of how India has profited from U.S. tensions with China.
—Diaa Hadid, NPR, 24 Mar. 2025
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Masha Rumer, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
The bill retains that timing restriction and explicitly extends it to employment agencies, ensuring that recruiters and staffing partners adhere to the same standards as direct employers.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
If passed, the bill would require employers and employment agencies to include wage or wage range information, a general description of benefits, and any other compensation in all job postings.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The women knocking on doors of the employment agencies that dot the roads of this industrial town are one sign of how India has profited from U.S. tensions with China.
—Diaa Hadid, NPR, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for employment agency
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“Employment agency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/employment%20agency. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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