hiring freezes
No new employees
Hiring freezes is the plural of hiring freeze, a policy that temporarily prohibits an organization from filling positions or adding new employees.
Companies and governments implement hiring freezes during budget cuts, economic downturns, or periods of uncertainty: The university announced hiring freezes across all departments.
Existing staff often absorb extra duties during a freeze.
- pink slipsEmployment termination documents
- headcountTotal of individuals present
- head countNumber of individuals present
- recessionProlonged economic decline
- economic downturnDecline in financial activity
budget cuts · budget constraints · tight budget · austerity · unemployment · job market · staffing · recruitment · attrition · furloughs · belt-tightening · workforce · vacancies · open positions · retrenchment · cost-cutting · cost savings · moratorium
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- Government Reformbudget reform, fiscal reform, government reform, policy reform, regulatory reform
- productivityproductivity, checking off, prioritization, finishing, output
- cutbackscutback, cutbacks, decrease, layoff, reduction
- austerityausterity measures, spending cuts, budget cuts, fiscal austerity, deficit reduction
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hiring freezesrecruitment drives
Organized efforts to attract applicants
scaling up · staffing up · signing bonuses · layoffs · downsizing
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