help wanted

adjective

: related to or being advertisements for jobs that employers are seeking to fill

the help wanted ads in the newspaper

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After answering a help wanted ad in the local newspaper, Charles begins working for Julie (Lilah Richcreek Estrada), a private detective investigating the theft of an expensive necklace at a local retirement community. —

Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024 Newsom’s political critics — not the dining kind — pointed out the irony of a help wanted ad for a $16-an-hour busser job at a Lake Tahoe area cafe the governor founded that’s part of a hospitality group now run by his sister. —

John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024 In the window of a shuttered florist’s, left over from Before: help wanted. —

Sigrid Nunez, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023 In May, Bally’s Chicago put out a help wanted sign, looking to hire more than 700 positions — everything from card dealers and security to housekeeping and marketing — for the temporary casino. —

Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023