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