staffing
Filling open positions
Staffing is the process of hiring and assigning personnel to fill positions in an organization.
It covers recruiting, selecting, and placing employees where they're needed: The company's staffing needs have doubled since last year.
A staffing agency connects employers with workers, often for temporary or contract positions.
As an adjective, staffing describes resources devoted to personnel: staffing levels, staffing budget, staffing shortages.
Workers at an organization
- crewWorking team aboard
- associatesConnected persons or links
- colleaguesProfessional associates
- unitIndividual part or measure
department · delegation · cohort · cadre · workforce · human resources · HR · talent pool
One who finds candidates
- headhunterOne who finds executives
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- interviewFormal questioning session
- resumeCareer summary document
job posting · vacancy · application · screening · background check · shortlist · onboarding · offer letter
Assigning times to events
- shiftsMoves or work periods
- rosterList of members
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- coverageExtent of inclusion
rotation · attendance · overtime · manpower · workload · assignments · availability · headcount
Staff wages collectively
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- full-timeComplete weekly hours
- part-timeLimited work schedule
- contractorHired construction professional
employee · wages · salaries · job · occupation · workplace · employer · labor
Distribution of shares
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
capacity · demand · utilization · resource management · gap analysis · succession planning · attrition · turnover
Broker for provisional workers
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- talent agencyBusiness representing performers
- employment agencyService matching workers to positions
- third-partyExternal, uninvolved entity
personnel
Workers at an organization
- crewWorking team aboard
- associatesConnected persons or links
- colleaguesProfessional associates
unit · department · delegation · cohort · cadre · workforce · human resources · HR · talent pool
recruiter
One who finds candidates
- headhunterOne who finds executives
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- interviewFormal questioning session
resume · job posting · vacancy · application · screening · background check · shortlist · onboarding · offer letter · job fair
scheduling
Assigning times to events
- shiftsMoves or work periods
- rosterList of members
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
coverage · rotation · attendance · overtime · manpower · workload · assignments · availability · headcount · labor pool
payroll
Staff wages collectively
contractor · employee · wages · salaries · job · occupation · workplace · employer · labor · compensation
allocation
Distribution of shares
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
strategy · capacity · demand · utilization · resource management · gap analysis · succession planning · attrition · turnover · retention
temp agency
Broker for provisional workers
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- talent agencyBusiness representing performers
- employment agencyService matching workers to positions
- hiringhiring, job, interview, resume, application
- allocationallocation, resource planning, capital allocation, asset allocation, apportionment
- Healthcare Administrationpatient care, patient records, billing, appointments, referrals
- hiring termshiring, recruitment, talent acquisition, job openings, job creation
- military readinessreadiness, mobilization, deployment, drills, training
- practice managementoffice management, billing, invoicing, payroll, hiring
staffingdownsizing
Reducing workforce or scale
layoffs · firing · dismissal · termination · redundancies
staffingdestaffing
Reducing workforce size
understaffing · depleting · dismantling · hollowing out · headcount reduction
staffingunderstaffing
Insufficient workforce levels
unstaffed · vacant · unmanned · skeleton crew · short-staffed
- staffing agenciesFirms placing workers elsewhere
- staffing agencyBusiness matching workers to jobs
- staffing upIncreasing employee numbers
- staffing shortageInsufficient workforce for needs
- staffing levelsEmployee quantity at organization
- staffing firmsCompanies matching workers to jobs