employment bureau
A government office providing or administering services to job seekers or the unemployed.
An employment bureau is a government office where services for unemployed persons, or for persons seeking work, are administered. This can be a "behind-the-scenes" management office for such services, or a public facility where staff interface with recipients of those services.
This should not be confused with an employment agency, which is a non-governmental office that connects workers to jobs, usually for a commission.
Both program administration and direct assistance to people seeking work are included. An office does not have to receive job seekers in person to qualify, and a charitable employment agency remains separate when it is not a government office.
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