By 1960 the arms industry directly employed 3.5 million people.
Mark is currently employed as a Professor of Linguistics.
A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.
Those not gainfully employed are dependent on their savings.
The safety net is an image commonly employed in everyday life.
Self-checkout terminals are increasingly employed by retailers.
When properly employed, non-lethal weapons will save lives.
Your time would be better employed doing something else.
Will and Joe were busily employed in clearing out all the furniture.
• The company employs 2000 people worldwide.
• He is employed as a baggage handler at the airport.
• We have employed consultants to look at ways of reducing waste.
• She was hired as marketing director for a biotechnology firm.
If you appoint someone, you choose them for a job, especially an important job:• Mr Schreiber has been appointed director of human resources.
If you recruit people, you find new people to work for a company or organization:• It’s getting more and more difficult to recruit experienced staff.
If you headhunt someone, you find a manager with the right skills and experience to do a particular job, often by persuading a suitable person to leave their present job rather than inviting people to apply for the job:• Rick was headhunted to become finance director of the company.
* * *
The call centre employs over 100 people.
employ sb as sth »Mr Reid is employed as a lobbyist by the firm.
employ sb to do sth »The fund employs an investment manager to manage its assets.
be employed in sth »More than 100 staff currently employed in sales and marketing will lose their jobs.
The company also employs direct marketing and mail to reach potential customers.
»Builders today employ more recycled materials than they used to.