hired
Put on payroll
Hired is the past tense and past participle of hire, meaning engaged for work or payment.
A hired gun is a mercenary or, figuratively, an outside expert brought in for a specific task.
Hired help refers to paid workers, often domestic.
We hired a contractor to fix the roof.
The word can carry a slight suggestion of temporary or transactional arrangement versus permanent employment.
Hired organizational member
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- wagesPayment for work
- payrollStaff wages collectively
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
contract · full-time · part-time · pension · staff · colleague · supervisor · orientation
Self-employed service provider
- contractorHired construction professional
- consultantProfessional advice provider
- gigShort-term paid work
- temporaryLimited in duration
seasonal · internship · apprenticeship · retainer · outsourced · subcontractor · commission · engagement
One who formally requests
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- interviewFormal questioning session
- resumeCareer summary document
- headhunterOne who finds executives
vacancy · position · shortlist · qualifications · credentials · recruitment · onboarding · induction
employee
Hired organizational member
benefits · contract · full-time · part-time · pension · staff · colleague · supervisor · orientation · tenure
freelancer
Self-employed service provider
- contractorHired construction professional
- consultantProfessional advice provider
- gigShort-term paid work
temporary · seasonal · internship · apprenticeship · retainer · outsourced · subcontractor · commission · engagement · project-based
applicant
One who formally requests
headhunter · vacancy · position · shortlist · qualifications · credentials · recruitment · onboarding · induction · probation
limousine
Stretched luxury automobile
equipment · catering · photographer · DJ · boat · chartered · rental · leased · reserved · booked
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- workforceworkers, employee, employees, labor force, employer
- employment statusfired, employed, unemployed, retired, laid off
- selection statusselected, unselected, chosen, unchosen, picked
- Done thingsfinished, done, accomplished, achieved, completed
- achievementsaccomplishment, achievement, accomplishments, achievements, triumph
- now hiring
- new hireRecently employed staff member
- hired handPaid manual worker
- hired gunsCombatants paid to fight
- merit-based hiringEmployment by qualification alone
- hired help
hire, hiring, hired muscle, hires, rehire, hired hand, rehiring, unhired, hired gun