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employment

n

1 the act of employing or state of being employed

2 the work or occupation in which a person is employed

3 the purpose for which something is used

contract of employment
n a written agreement between an employer and an employee, that, taken together with the rights of each under statute and common law, determines the employment relations between them

designated employment
n (in Britain) any of certain kinds of jobs reserved for handicapped workers under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944

employment agency
n a private firm whose business is placing people in jobs

employment exchange
n (Brit) a former name for → employment office

employment office
n (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, labour exchange See also → Jobcentre

full employment
n a state in which the labour force and other economic resources of a country are utilized to their maximum

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fund-raising	n.	a deliberate and strategic effort to engage one in a donor/investor relationship
cub	n.	a younger man involved in a relationship with an older woman	= the target of a "cougar"
CRM	n.	customer relationship management
jailbait	n.	underaged girl looking mature, that can thus bring somebody to jail if he is caught in a relationship with her	made with Jail and Bait
wing man	n.	someone who is providing advice and support for his mate when it comes to potential relationships/partners
bad blood	n.	remnants of disputes that make a relationship between people or companies difficult to maintain, even without an open dispute
employerism	n.	the skillful art of eyeing and identifying employment arrangements, by either job seekers or the publishers of staffing vacancies.	[Bus.] Ex.: Jack was adept at employerism and thus was able to fill most of the job openings in his department in a relatively short period of time.
employerism	n.	a portmanteau of 'employer' and 'voyeurism'. signifies the act of searching for an employer or the practice of an employer when looking to fill positions. The term places an emphasis on the secretive connotation of the word 'voyeur', denoting a clandestine and thus superior form of employment search	[Tech.] Ex.: Employerism is what one must engage in, if one wishes to embark upon a more productive job hunt!

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