job placement

Meanings

1. 1noununcountable

   The process of helping someone find a job, often through an agency or college service.

   Grammar: Used without an article when talking about the service: The university offers job placement. It can be countable when referring to a specific placement: She got a job placement.

   Patterns

   • job placement service
   • job placement office
   • offer job placement

   The university has a job placement service for graduates.

   He found work through a job placement agency.

   Job placement rates are high for engineering students.

2. 2nouncountable

   A temporary job arranged for someone, often as part of a training program.

   Grammar: Countable: a job placement, two job placements. Often followed by 'with' or 'at': a job placement with a local company.

   Patterns

   • a job placement with a company
   • a job placement at a school
   • do a job placement

   She did a job placement at a marketing firm last summer.

   The course includes a six-month job placement.

   He got a job placement with a local charity.

Word forms

Common combinations

job placement service

The job placement service helped her find work.

job placement agency

He signed up with a job placement agency.

job placement rate

The school's job placement rate is over 90%.

job placement program

The government launched a job placement program for young people.

Synonyms and how they differ

employment agency

An employment agency is the organization that finds jobs for people; job placement is the service or the act itself.

internship

An internship is a period of work experience, often for students; a job placement can be similar but may be paid and part of a formal program.

Word family

place verb

To find a job for someone.

placement noun

The act of putting someone in a job or position.

Commonly confused: job placement or job offer?

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