- employment
- nounADJECTIVE▪ paid, salaried▪ full-time, part-time▪ lifelong, lifetime, long-term, permanent, stable, steady▪ continued▪ short-term, temporary▪ regular▪ casual▪ formal▪ seasonal▪ gainful, meaningful▪
The company was one of the first to offer meaningful employment to the blind.
▪ full, total▪The government aims to achieve full employment within three years.
▪ high, low▪an area of very low employment
▪ skilled, unskilled▪ blue-collar, white-collar▪ factory, office▪ federal, public▪ female, male▪ youth… OF EMPLOYMENT▪ level▪policies aimed at maintaining a high level of employment
VERB + EMPLOYMENT▪ look for, seek▪recent graduates seeking employment
▪ find, gain, get, obtain, secure▪He finally secured employment in a local factory.
▪ accept, take up (formal)▪He took up employment with the company in May 2002.
▪ give up, leave, lose▪She lost her employment when the company closed.
▪ terminate▪One company terminated his employment after 30 days.
▪ give sb, offer sb▪ create, generate, provide▪This investment will certainly create employment in the area.
▪The steelworks provided employment for thousands of people.
▪ ensure, guarantee▪ boost, increase, raise, stimulate▪policies designed to stimulate employment
EMPLOYMENT + VERB▪ grow, increase, rise▪ decline, fallEMPLOYMENT + NOUN▪ opportunities, options, possibilities, prospects▪There are few employment prospects in the town for unqualified young people.
▪ rights▪ discrimination (esp. AmE)▪laws prohibiting employment discrimination
▪ training▪ programme/program (esp. AmE)▪a state-subsidized employment programme/program
▪ agency, service▪ status▪The survey studied the employment status of people within the community.
▪ history▪Interviewers will look carefully at a candidate's employment history.
▪ agreement, contract▪ conditions, terms▪ data, figures, records, statistics▪ levels, rate▪ picture, situation▪The employment picture is not good.
▪ patterns, trends▪ growth▪ market▪graduates entering the employment market
▪ policy▪the government's full-employment policy
▪ law, legislation▪ lawyer▪ tax (AmE)▪ practices▪The company's employment practices have been widely criticized.
PREPOSITION▪ in employment▪Most of last year's graduates are now in employment.
▪ out of employment▪She had been out of employment for three years.
PHRASES▪ conditions of employment, terms of employment▪Union negotiate conditions of employment.
▪ a contract of employment▪ patterns of employment, trends of employment▪significant changes in patterns of employment
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
