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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Hire/employ

Hi.
What's the difference between hiring someone and employing someone?

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soheil1 What's the difference between hiring someone and employing someone? When speaking of taking on a new staff member, there is no difference in meaning.

— Mister Micawber

  • soheil1 What's the difference between hiring someone and employing someone?
  • When speaking of taking on a new staff member, there is no difference in meaning.
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soheil1What's the difference between hiring someone and employing someone?
When speaking of taking on a new staff member, there is no difference in meaning.
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But consider also this meaning of employ.

eg Tom hired Mary on Jan 2, 2000. He employed her for the next 5 years. Then he fired her.

Clive
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