employment services

Career assistance agencies

Employment services are organizations or agencies that help match job seekers with employers.

They may assist with résumé writing, interview preparation, and job placement.

Government employment services provide unemployment benefits and career counseling; private agencies often specialize in particular industries or temporary staffing: She found her current position through an employment service.

Opposites
job search method

employment servicesnetworking

Building professional relationships

self-reliance · word of mouth · bootstrapping

labor market function

employment servicesworkforce reduction

Cutting employee headcount

downsizing · firing · dismissal

economic activity status

employment servicesunemployment benefits

State aid for jobless workers

welfare services · disability services · retirement services · social security · income support

Family

employment, services

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G