Meaning & use
recruitment agency
Last updated
UK/rɪˈkruːtmənt ˌeɪdʒənsi/
US/rɪˈkruːtmənt ˌeɪdʒənsi/
Meaning
nouncountable
A company that helps employers find workers and helps people find jobs.
Grammar: Countable: a recruitment agency, two recruitment agencies.
Patterns
- work for a recruitment agency
- register with a recruitment agency
- a recruitment agency for something
She found her new job through a recruitment agency.
The company hired a recruitment agency to find a software engineer.
Many recruitment agencies specialize in a particular industry.
Word forms
| plural | recruitment agencies |
|---|
Common combinations
- work for a recruitment agency
- He works for a recruitment agency in the city center.
- register with a recruitment agency
- You should register with a recruitment agency to find temporary work.
- a specialist recruitment agency
- They used a specialist recruitment agency for medical staff.
- contact a recruitment agency
- Contact a recruitment agency if you need help finding a job.
Synonyms and how they differ
- employment agency
- Very similar, but often focuses on helping people find jobs rather than helping employers.
- staffing agency
- Common in American English; it often provides temporary workers.
Practice
I need to find a job, so I will ______ a recruitment agency.
Choose one answer.
The correct phrase is 'register with a recruitment agency'. The other prepositions do not fit this expression.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “recruitment agency”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.
Your sentence stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.