n.
1) to hire, take on a ~
2) to retrain; train ~s
3) to organize, unionize ~s
4) to dismiss, fire, sack ( colloq. ) a ~; to make a ~ redundant (as by eliminating her/his job) ( BE )
5) an efficient, hard, indefatigable; idle; meticulous ~
6) a blue-collar ( esp. AE ); full-time; immigrant; migrant; office; part-time; skilled; social; undocumented ( AE ); unemployed; unskilled; white-collar ~