United States Employment Service

noun

, U.S. Government.

1. the division of the Department of Labor that supervises and coordinates the activities of state employment agencies. : USES, U.S.E.S.

Example Sentences

A black administrator for the United States Employment Service echoed the concern: “There has not been a single vacant job in Chicago for a colored man.”

From Literature

In 1918, at the beginning of World War I, the United States Employment Service published lists of jobs that were suitable for women in order to encourage men in those occupations to switch to jobs that supported the war effort.

From Time

The United States Employment Service is not sure that an actual unavoidable shortage exists because it was so impoverished by Congress in the matter of appropriations that it is unable to get the essential information.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bitter pill in Harry Truman's drink was a rider which ordered the return of United States Employment Service to state control within 30 days.

From Time Magazine Archive

Publicity preceding the show's debut said that the ex-servicemen had been sifted through the United States Employment Service, Veterans Administration, and Army & Navy public relations offices.

From Time Magazine Archive