labor pool
Potential employee base
A labor pool is the supply of workers available for employment in a particular area, industry, or for a specific type of work.
Companies draw from the local labor pool when hiring; economists track how the labor pool expands or contracts.
The tech industry competes for talent from a shrinking labor pool of experienced engineers.
- wagesPayment for work
- gangmasterHires out work crews
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- skillsLearned competencies
- man-hourMeasure of labor time
overemploy · demographics · turnover · help wanted · migration trends · training programs · education · qualifications · hiring practices · unemployment rate · applicants · temp · temp agency · seasonal workers · gig economy · skilled trades · career mobility · hiring
- job marketjobs, employment, job seekers, job search, job hunting
- workforceworkers, employee, employees, employer, worker
- labor economicsjob market, employment rates, unemployment rates, employment data, employment statistics
- staffingstaffing, turnover rates, hiring, staffing firm, staffing agency
- temp worktemp, temps, temp agency, temping, warehouse temp
- workplace groupsteam, staff, crew, department, division
labor poolemployers
Those who hire staff
hiring managers · job creators · management · labor demand · recruiters
pool, labor, laborer, labored, laboring, labour, workforce, laborers, laborious