"employment agency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: employment agencies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} employment agency (plural employment agencies)
  1. An organisation that matches employers to employees. Wikipedia link: employment agency Translations (organisation that matches employers to employees): وَكَالَة تَوْظِيف (wakālat tawẓīf) [feminine] (Arabic), 職業介紹所 /职业介绍所 (zhíyè jièshàosuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), jobcenter [formal, neuter] (Danish), arbejdsanvisning [archaic, common-gender] (Danish), arbejdsløshedskontor [neuter] (Danish), rekrutteringsbureau (english: private recruitment agency) [neuter] (Danish), työnvälitystoimisto (Finnish), agence pour l’emploi [feminine] (French), axencia de emprego [feminine] (Galician), Jobbörse [feminine] (German), Arbeitsamt [neuter] (German), 職業紹介所 (shokugyō-shōkaisho) (alt: しょくぎょうしょうかいしょ) (Japanese), 직업 소개소 (jigeop sogaeso) (alt: 職業紹介所) (Korean), pośredniak [masculine] (Polish), urząd pracy [masculine] (Polish), agência de emprego [feminine] (Portuguese), agência de empregos [feminine] (Portuguese), ка́дровое аге́нтство (kádrovoje agéntstvo) [neuter] (Russian), центр за́нятости (centr zánjatosti) [masculine] (Russian), би́ржа труда́ (bírža trudá) [feminine] (Russian), бюро́ по трудоустро́йству (bjuró po trudoustrójstvu) [neuter] (Russian), рекру́тинговое аге́нтство (rekrútingovoje agéntstvo) [neuter] (Russian), agencia de empleo [feminine] (Spanish), arbetsförmedling [common-gender] (Swedish), cơ quan việc làm (Vietnamese)

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