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The phrase "a secondment" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in a professional context to refer to a temporary transfer of an employee to another position or organization.
Example: "She is currently on a secondment to the London office for six months to gain international experience."
Alternatives: "a temporary assignment" or "a work placement".
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Taking a secondment?
He worked in the steelworks with a secondment during which he joined the Army.
He retired in 1990, after a secondment to the Canadian Museum of Civilisation.
A secondment opportunity to the emergency team came up, so I became an emergency support officer.
Following a secondment to Northern Engineering Industries, Carless served until his retirement, in 1985, as ambassador in Caracas.
A secondment will not work if those involved lack enthusiasm or a real determination to make it work.
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The programmes draw talent from among university students and industry employees, who take a secondment--a temporary break from regular work--while pursuing their degrees.
A Nigerian schoolboy he taught on a VSO secondment was kind; so were the women supporters of the miners' strikes he made films about.
* He joined the BBC as a studio manager in 1979 and took up a British Forces Broadcasting Services secondment to the Falklands.
1) I UNsubscribed from the job ad daily alert that showed me opportunities within the government daily 2) I said NO to a potential secondment opportunity 3) I said NO to teaching yoga at a local studio for $30 an hour on weekday evenings.
"Virgin … are keen to help... Since we last spoke [they] have offered a further £25k, plus bigger office space, help with legal advice and a possible secondment.
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