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placement center

placement center

1 2.9
An office that helps people find jobs by connecting them with employers
  • noun
  • /ˈpleɪsmənt ˈsɛntər/
  • US
translation icon : centro de colocación
  • Many graduating seniors visit the placement center to get assistance with their job searches.
  • job placement center

Examples

  • After meeting with a counselor at the placement center, she felt more prepared for her upcoming interviews.

  • The university's placement center helps students find internships and job opportunities.

  • By contacting a university placement center near the training site, the Fortune 500 company located the applicants who participated in the interviews.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The job placement center, also operated by AIP, will be located in the Brandeis Room on the third floor of the Boston Marriott.

    Academic text (1993)

  • There is a career exploration and placement center that allows students to take and interpret interest surveys, write resumes, and research college and career information, thus helping them make wise choices for their future.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Just the other day, a Republican lawmaker who had blasted Obama's "failed stimulus" attended a ceremony at a jobs placement center in Rome, New York.

    Blog text (6)

Synonyms

employment agency
vsplacement center
7 2.3

A business that helps people find jobs and employers find workers

may be non-commercial or part of institutions rather than a private business
employment office
vsplacement center
4 2.3

A place that helps people find jobs and employers find workers

focuses on matching applicants with available jobs rather than employer hiring alone
placement office
vsplacement center
1 3.2

An office that helps students find jobs and internships

is used to match applicants with jobs across sectors rather than only schools
jobcentre
vsplacement center
  • UK
4.3

A government office where people find job vacancies and get help claiming money when they have no work

focuses on matching applicants with jobs rather than running benefit administration

How Effective

placement center
  • US
1 2.9
board
259 1.0

Surface Forms

placement center singular
placement centers plural

Morphology

placement + center

The meaning is directly compositional: 'placement' (assignment to employment) combined with 'center' (a place providing a service) yields a place that helps people find jobs. This noun+noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

The noun placement center may come from the simple idea of a main office that 'places' people into jobs. The word placement means putting someone into work and center means a main office, so the phrase now means 'an office that helps people find suitable work'.