How to Use employment in a Sentence
employment
noun- Employment is at an all-time high in this part of the state.
- She hopes to find employment as a teacher.
- I've been looking for employment in the machine trade.
- The city is faced with inadequate housing and a lack of employment.
- The magazine did well during the course of her employment as editor.
- The new factory should provide employment for hundreds of workers.
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At the same time, prices remain stubbornly high—as does the bar for getting a foot in the door of employment.
— Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024 -
There’s also the question of what AI and the tech markets mean for employment.
— R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 -
Women have been barred from most fields of employment, ordered to wear head-to-toe clothing in public and prevented from using parks and gyms.
— Julianne McShane, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2023 -
Goodell then claimed Trotter’s outspoken disapproval of the league’s hiring practices had nothing to do with his loss of employment.
— Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023 -
Instead, the report detailed nurses leaving hospital employment for other jobs within health care.
— Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023 -
The thought of finding steady employment was about as lofty as his dreams got.
— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 June 2023 -
Utah, for example, was just named the best state to start a business with the largest employment growth in the country.
— Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2024 -
The employment market may not be as favorable down the road.
— Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2023 -
Friday The first Friday in May brings with it the monthly employment report for April.
— Andrew Torgan, CNN, 30 Apr. 2023 -
As employment and incomes rose, so did the opening of new restaurants and hotels.
— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024 -
Portis, like one of his own characters, entered the world of employment only long enough to find a way out of it.
— Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2023 -
The company has to meet employment and salary requirements to get the money.
— Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2023 -
As more people enter the labor force and look for work, and some have trouble finding employment, the rate stays up.
— David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 13 May 2024 -
Show up from 3-9 p.m. with a proof of your local employment and choose from well drinks, select cocktails and beer and wine for only $5.
— Brian May Maestro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023 -
The shooter’s body was found near a former place of employment, three law enforcement sources said.
— Phil Helsel, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2023 -
Part-time employment used to be a milestone in many kids’ transition to adulthood.
— Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024 -
This is most pressing in regard to labor and employment law.
— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 July 2024 -
Stay up to date with the employment market in your industry and the local economy.
— Jason Leverant, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 -
What’s at stake for Uber with the new rules is the employment classification of its Uber drivers and UberEats couriers.
— WIRED, 20 Nov. 2023 -
The board came into the closed-door session knowing Hinton's employment with SDC was coming to an end.
— Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024 -
The law gives the Fed two jobs, maximize employment, stabilize prices.
— CBS News, 28 May 2023 -
To the guild, simply raising minimum rates for writers wasn’t enough, given the erosion in the term of employment and the number of writers per show.
— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 3 May 2023 -
For his part, Walsh landing full-time employment as a songsmith was simply the next step in his already-in-motion career.
— Will Hodge, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2023 -
The Sheriff’s Department did not respond to questions about the future of his employment.
— David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
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