Tag:office=employment_agency

An office for a service which matches jobs with people.

People looking for a job attend the office and people needing labour contract the office to provide workers. If there is a big difference between the needs of companies and the skills of people looking for a job, the agency generally offers training either on site by bringing in trainers or by sending workers to office=educational_institution.

Currently, there is no difference in tagging between a government employment agency and a private company (like Adecco).

Some private companies can offer both jobs and temporary work. If a company only offers temporary work, see office=company + company=temporary_work_agency instead.

How to map

Set a node at the center of the feature or draw an area along its outline. Tag it with office=employment_agency. Add usual combinations (name, address, website, phone...).

If the agency is part of a company or institution, add the tags operator=*, operator:wikidata=* and operator:wikipedia=*.

short-term interventions

If a company provides short-term works, this does not mean that this company is an employment or a temporary work agency. An employment or a temporary work agency will provide an employer to another company to replace a worker or supplement the others workers of that company.

A company that offers short-term services for another company or a particular (for example a gardener to mow grass around the company's buildings, a person to help an elderly person with household chores, cooking, etc.) is not an employment agency or a temporary work agency.

Examples of companies that are not temporary work agencies:

• craft=cleaning - a company offering housekeepers
• craft=gardener - a company offering gardeners
• craft=chimney_sweeper - a company offering chimneys cleaning
• amenity=social_facility + social_facility=day_care - an institution offering nursing cares at home

See also

• office=company + company=temporary_work_agency - an office of a company that connects temporary employees with employers
• office=educational_institution - an office for an educational institution

Possible tagging mistakes

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More details at taginfo

• amenity=jobcentre

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