Dressing in a suit to find employment (9)
I believe the answer is:
situation
'employment' is the definition.
(situation is a kind of employment)
'dressing in a suit to' is the wordplay.
'dressing' indicates an anagram.
'in'+'a'+'suit'+'to'='inasuitto'
'inasuitto' anagrammed gives 'SITUATION'.
'find' is the link.
(Other definitions for situation that I've seen before include "Placement" , "Location; job" , "See 6" , "State of affairs -- job" , "State, condition" .)