Employment is an act or instance of employing someone or something.

The state in which a person is paid for the effort or energy of work that he has invested in the act of doing something.

the state of being employed; employ; service:
3. <An employer employed him to do work for a cleaning company>
an occupation by which a person earns a living; work; business.
4.
the total number of people gainfully employed or working.

5.an activity or the like that occupies a person’s time:
She found knitting a comforting employment for her idle hours.


Finding employees or employment

The main ways for employers to find workers and for people to find employers are via jobs listings in newspapers (via classified advertising) and online, also called job boards. 

Employers and job seekers also often find each other via professional recruitment consultants which receive a commission from the employer to find, screen and select suitable candidates. However, a study has shown that such consultants may not be reliable when they fail to use established principles in selecting employees.

A more traditional approach is with a “Help Wanted” sign in the establishment (usually hung on a window or door or placed on a store counter).

Evaluating different employees can be quite laborious but setting up different techniques to analyze their skill to measure their talents within the field can be best through assessments.

Employer and potential employee commonly take the additional step of getting to know each other through the process of job interview.