Go to work for various employers, protected by attorney (7)
I believe the answer is:
attempt
'go' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'work for various employers protected by attorney' is the wordplay.
'work for various employers' becomes 'temp' (a temp works for various companies temporarily).
'protected by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'attorney' becomes 'att' (abbreviation for attorney).
'temp' placed into 'att' is 'ATTEMPT'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for attempt that I've seen before include "Embark on, try" , "Effort; go" , "Try, endeavour" , "bash" , "Stab" .)