> [!CAUTION]
> **Caution:** This documentation is for Google Ads API **v24** . The latest active version is [**v26**](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/latest/LocalServicesEmployee).

A local services employee resource.

[Proto definition ![GitHub](https://developers.google.com/site-assets/logo-github.svg)](https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/blob/master/google/ads/googleads/v24/resources/local_services_employee.proto)

| Fields ||
|---|---|
| ## `category_ids[]` | `string` Output only. Category of the employee. A list of Local Services category IDs can be found at <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/data/codes-formats#local_services_ids>. |
| ## `creation_date_time` | `string` Output only. Timestamp of employee creation. The format is "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS" in the Google Ads account's timezone. Examples: "2018-03-05 09:15:00" or "2018-02-01 14:34:30" |
| ## `email_address` | `string` Output only. Email address of the employee. |
| ## `fellowships[]` | `Fellowship` Output only. The institutions where the employee has completed their fellowship. |
| ## `first_name` | `string` Output only. First name of the employee. |
| ## `id` | `int64` Output only. The ID of the employee. |
| ## `job_title` | `string` Output only. Job title for this employee, such as "Senior partner" in legal verticals. |
| ## `languages_spoken[]` | `string` Output only. Languages that the employee speaks, represented as language tags from <https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/directory/v1/languages> |
| ## `last_name` | `string` Output only. Last name of the employee. |
| ## `middle_name` | `string` Output only. Middle name of the employee. |
| ## `national_provider_id_number` | `string` Output only. NPI id associated with the employee. |
| ## `residencies[]` | `Residency` Output only. The institutions where the employee has completed their residency. |
| ## `resource_name` | `string` Immutable. The resource name of the Local Services Verification. Local Services Verification resource names have the form: `customers/{customer_id}/localServicesEmployees/{gls_employee_id}` |
| ## `status` | `LocalServicesEmployeeStatus` Output only. Employee status, such as DELETED or ENABLED. |
| ## `type` | `LocalServicesEmployeeType` Output only. Employee type. |
| ## `university_degrees[]` | `UniversityDegree` Output only. A list of degrees this employee has obtained, and wants to feature. |
| ## `year_started_practicing` | `int32` Output only. The year that this employee started practicing in this field. |