initial employment

collocation in English

meaningsofinitialandemployment

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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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employment
noun[U]
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/
us
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/
the fact of someone being paid to work for a company ...
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(Definition ofinitialandemploymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinitial employment

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The purpose of this study was to compare beginning teachers from these two certification programs regarding their cultural backgrounds andinitialemploymentplacements.
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Although someinitialemploymentgains have been reversed, wage-induced increases in agricultural productivity in the uplands have reduced forest pressure.
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Theirinitialemploymenton haulage work, as in other districts, is not practicable owing to the size of the horses and trams in use.
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This was built up from aninitialemploymentfactor intended some twelve years ago to be one of 500 only.
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It might be argued by some companies that they do not require anyinitialemploymenttraining.
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The reason behind the amendment is, bluntly, to remove any inhibition in this area which an employer may have over offeringinitialemployment.
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There is no doubt that a sizeable section of the working population never achieves the advantage ofinitialemploymenttraining.
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Such people will also have the expectation that they will be entitled to unemployment benefit should they need it when they have left theirinitialemployment.
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The hospital will have 70 beds and plans call forinitialemploymentof under 150 with future employment of around 500.
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The graduate supply of the university falls short of demands andinitialemploymentrate of normal college graduates has exceeded 90% for eight consecutive years.
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His career with the company spanned 61 yearsfrom hisinitialemploymentas a confidential and shorthand clerk until his death, as chairman, in 1930.
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