employment agency

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Instawork, the company that hired Arciga and more than 50 others like him that day, has historically been an employment agency, catering largely to stadiums, hotels and kitchens that need temporary workers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Mr Moore, 22, is on a zero-hours contract with an employment agency.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2023

According to the inspector general report, the D.C. employment agency received 20 Labor Department staffers to boost its number of claims examiners to 58.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023

Ryan McCarty, the Cincinnati branch director for the employment agency Robert Half, was away from home for 13 hours a day before the pandemic, including evening events and his 45-minute commute.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2023

Through an employment agency she got a job as a secretary at ICI, a multinational pharmaceutical company in Braamfontein, a suburb of Johannesburg.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah