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employ
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employ someone as something
to pay someone to work in some capacity. I employed Fred as a personal secretary for about three months. Can you employ me as a stock clerk?

employ someone for something

to hire someone for a particular purpose. I employ him for special chores around the factory. Kelly employed Walter for emergency repairs on the night shift.

employ someone in something

to pay someone to work in a particular type of work. I employ Tom in machine maintenance. Laura is employed in accounting.


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The Community Foundation for Merseyside has distributed pounds 1m to Merseyside's communities in a bid to target worklessness and progress individuals towards employment via its Employable Communities Fund.
These are extra courses taken alongside degree courses, aimed at making students more employable.
Believe it or not, those with degrees are miles additional employable than those that don''t have them.
 
 
 
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