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employment office

(Social Welfare) Brit any of a number of government offices established to collect and supply to the unemployed information about job vacancies and to employers information about availability of prospective workers. Former names: employment exchange or labour exchange See also Jobcentre

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Noun

employment office - an agency that finds people to fill particular jobs or finds jobs for unemployed people

employment agency

agency - a business that serves other businesses

Translations

مَرْكَزُ العَمْل

úřad práce

arbejdsformidling

Arbeitsamt

γραφείο ευρέσεως εργασίας

oficina de empleo

työvoimatoimisto

Pôle Emploi

ured za zapošljavanje

agenzia di collocamento

公共職業安定所

구직 센터

arbeidsbureau

arbeidsformidling

biuro pośrednictwa pracy

centro de emprego centro de empregos

бюро по трудоустройству

arbetsförmedling

หน่วยจัดหางาน

iş bulma kurumu

trung tâm giới thiệu việc làm

职业介绍所

employment office

n (Brit) → ufficio m di collocamento

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

employment office

→ مَرْكَزُ العَمْل úřad práce arbejdsformidling Arbeitsamt γραφείο ευρέσεως εργασίας oficina de empleo työvoimatoimisto Pôle Emploi ured za zapošljavanje agenzia di collocamento 公共職業安定所 구직 센터 arbeidsbureau arbeidsformidling biuro pośrednictwa pracy centro de emprego, centro de empregos бюро по трудоустройству arbetsförmedling หน่วยจัดหางาน iş bulma kurumu trung tâm giới thiệu việc làm 职业介绍所

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