Collocations for employment - noun

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 employment to the blind.

full, total
The government aims to achieve full employment within three years.

high, low
an area of very low employment

skilled, unskilled
blue-collar, white-collar
factory, office
federal, public
female, male
youth

level
policies aimed at maintaining a high level of employment

look for, seek
recent graduates seeking employment

find, gain, get, obtain, secure
He finally secured employment in a local factory.

accept, take up (formal)
He took up employment with the company in May 2002.

give up, leave, lose
She lost her employment when the company closed.

terminate
One company terminated his employment after 30 days.

give sb, offer sb
create, generate, provide
This investment will certainly create employment in the area.
The steelworks provided employment for thousands of people.

ensure, guarantee
boost, increase, raise, stimulate
policies designed to stimulate employment

grow, increase, rise
decline, fall

opportunities, options, possibilities, prospects
There are few employment prospects in the town for unqualified young people.

rights
discrimination (esp. AmE)
laws prohibiting employment discrimination

training
programme/program (esp. AmE)
a state-subsidized employment programme/program

agency, service
status
The survey studied the employment status of people within the community.

history
Interviewers will look carefully at a candidate's employment history.

agreement, contract
conditions, terms
data, figures, records, statistics
levels, rate
picture, situation
The employment picture is not good.

patterns, trends
growth
market
graduates entering the employment market

policy
the government's full-employment policy

law, legislation
lawyer
tax (AmE)
practices
The company's employment practices have been widely criticized.

in employment
Most of last year's graduates are now in employment.

out of employment
She had been out of employment for three years.

conditions of employment, terms of employment
Union negotiate conditions of employment.

a contract of employment
patterns of employment, trends of employment
significant changes in patterns of employment