employment agency
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of employment agency
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Instawork, the company that hired Arciga and more than 50 others like him that day, has historically been an employment agency, catering largely to stadiums, hotels and kitchens that need temporary workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
A disembodied voice at an eerily vacant employment agency tells her that her emotions make her unsuited to work, and a purification process that scrubs people of their pesky feelings is recommended.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
Mr Moore, 22, is on a zero-hours contract with an employment agency.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2023
According to the inspector general report, the D.C. employment agency received 20 Labor Department staffers to boost its number of claims examiners to 58.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2023
He trawled for jobs on the Chicago Tribune site, on computer mailing lists and on geek employment agency websites.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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