Meanings
nounemployment agency (plural employment agencies)
plural employment agencies
- An organization that matches employers to employees.
Synonyms: job agency
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn organization that matches employers to employees.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounan agency that finds people to fill particular jobs or finds jobs for unemployed people
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employment office
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic وَكَالَة تَوْظِيف
- وَكَالَة تَوْظِيف (wakālat tawẓīf)organisation that matches employers to employees
Bulgarian трудова борса, борса на труда
- трудова борса (trudova borsa)organisation that matches employers to employees
- борса на труда (borsa na truda)organisation that matches employers to employees
Chinese Mandarin 職業介紹所 /职业介绍所
- 職業介紹所 /职业介绍所 (zhíyè jièshàosuǒ)organisation that matches employers to employees
Danish jobcenter, arbejdsanvisning
- jobcenterorganisation that matches employers to employees
- arbejdsanvisningorganisation that matches employers to employees
- arbejdsløshedskontororganisation that matches employers to employees
- rekrutteringsbureauorganisation that matches employers to employees
Finnish työnvälitystoimisto
- työnvälitystoimistoorganisation that matches employers to employees
French agence pour l'emploi
- agence pour l'emploiorganisation that matches employers to employees
German Jobbörse, Arbeitsamt
- Jobbörseorganisation that matches employers to employees
- Arbeitsamtorganisation that matches employers to employees
Japanese 職業紹介所
- 職業紹介所 (shokugyō-shōkaisho)organisation that matches employers to employees
Korean 직업 소개소
- 직업 소개소 (jigeop sogaeso)organisation that matches employers to employees
Polish pośredniak, urząd pracy
- pośredniakorganisation that matches employers to employees
- urząd pracyorganisation that matches employers to employees
Portuguese agência de emprego, agência de empregos
- agência de empregoorganisation that matches employers to employees
- agência de empregosorganisation that matches employers to employees
Russian ка́дровое аге́нтство, центр за́нятости
- ка́дровое аге́нтство (kádrovoje agéntstvo)organisation that matches employers to employees
- центр за́нятости (centr zánjatosti)organisation that matches employers to employees
- би́ржа труда́ (bírža trudá)organisation that matches employers to employees
- бюро́ по трудоустро́йству (bjuró po trudoustrójstvu)organisation that matches employers to employees
- рекру́тинговое аге́нтство (rekrútingovoje agéntstvo)organisation that matches employers to employees
Spanish agencia de empleo
- agencia de empleoorganisation that matches employers to employees
Swedish arbetsförmedling
- arbetsförmedlingorganisation that matches employers to employees
Vietnamese cơ quan việc làm
- cơ quan việc làmorganisation that matches employers to employees
Cite this entry
APA
employment agency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/employment%20agency
MLA
“employment agency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/employment%20agency. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “employment agency,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/employment%20agency.
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