secondment
Borrowed employee arrangement
Secondment is the temporary transfer of an employee to a different position, department, or organization.
Common in British English and corporate contexts, it typically involves maintaining ties to the original employer while gaining experience elsewhere: She's on secondment to the Paris office for six months.
The arrangement benefits both parties—the employee develops new skills while the receiving organization gains expertise without permanent hiring.
Allocated work or duty
- transferMove between locations
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
- placementPutting somewhere specific
rotation · posting · attachment · stint · detachment · relocation · deputation · temporary
Tactful and sensitive
- civil serviceGovernment's administrative workforce
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- intergovernmentalBetween or among governments
- public sectorState-controlled economic portion
bilateral · embassy · delegation · liaison · official · bureaucratic · administrative · departmental
Organized distribution of resources
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- liaisonConnector between groups
- officerAuthority figure in uniform
- regimentColonel-led military unit
battalion · detachment · posting · assignment · NATO · allied · joint forces · rotation
Progress toward maturity
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- skillsLearned competencies
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
growth · learning · exposure · resume · advancement · transition · professional · mentorship
Shared position between parties
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- termsConditions of an agreement
- employerOne who employs others
- employment lawStatutes governing workplace relations
rights · obligations · salary · benefits · duration · termination · liability · insurance
assignment
Allocated work or duty
- transferMove between locations
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
placement · rotation · posting · attachment · stint · detachment · relocation · deputation · temporary · mobility
diplomatic
Tactful and sensitive
- civil serviceGovernment's administrative workforce
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- intergovernmentalBetween or among governments
public sector · bilateral · embassy · delegation · liaison · official · bureaucratic · administrative · departmental · foreign office
deployment
Organized distribution of resources
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- liaisonConnector between groups
- officerAuthority figure in uniform
regiment · battalion · detachment · posting · assignment · NATO · allied · joint forces · rotation · command
development
Progress toward maturity
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- skillsLearned competencies
networking · growth · learning · exposure · resume · advancement · transition · professional · mentorship · international
agreement
Shared position between parties
employment law · rights · obligations · salary · benefits · duration · termination · liability · insurance · policy
- stintsshift, tour, spell, stretch, term
- temporary rolestemp, temp worker, internship, substitute, interim
- HRhiring, human resources, recruiting, HR, onboarding
- HR actionshiring, firing, layoff, promotion, demotion
- job changesreassignment, internal transfer, lateral move, job swap, posting
- UK Employmentemployee rights, redundancy, maternity leave, paternity leave, sick pay
secondmentpermanent position
Ongoing employment without end date
tenure · permanent employment · home position · lifetime appointment