In Britain, a job centre is a place where people who are looking for work can go to get advice on finding a job, and to look at advertisements placed by people who are looking for new employees.
job centre in British English
(dʒɒb ˈsɛntə)
noun
another name for Jobcentre
Examples of 'job centre' in a sentence
job centre
She's just had a big battle with cancer and had to stop working at the job centre.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The burger chain has teamed up with job centres to offer work and training.
The Sun (2009)
And when you go to the job centre for advice, they're not really helping you.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Meanwhile, the job centres are stopping people 's incomes with a sanction from one to three years.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
job centre
British English: job centre /dʒɒb ˈsɛntə/ NOUN
A job centre is a place where people who are looking for work can go to get advice on finding a job, and to look at advertisements placed by people who are looking for new employees.
American English: employment office
Arabic: مَرْكَزُ العَمْل
Brazilian Portuguese: centro de empregos centro governamental
Chinese: 职业介绍所
Croatian: ured za zapošljavanje
Czech: úřad práce
Danish: arbejdsformidling
Dutch: arbeidsbureau
European Spanish: oficina de empleo
Finnish: työvoimatoimisto
French: Pôle Emploi
German: Arbeitsamt
Greek: γραφείο ευρέσεως εργασίας
Italian: agenzia di collocamento
Japanese: 公共職業安定所
Korean: 구직 센터
Norwegian: arbeidsformidling
Polish: biuro pośrednictwa pracy
European Portuguese: centro de emprego centro governamental