staffing up
Expanding the workforce
Staffing up means hiring additional employees to increase workforce capacity: We're staffing up for the holiday rush, The company is staffing up its customer service department.
The phrase implies deliberate expansion rather than routine replacement, often in anticipation of increased demand or new projects.
- hiringGiving someone work
- hiring spreeIntensive period of employment
- scalingClimbing or resizing
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
- onboardingNew member integration process
succession planning · labor market trends · employee retention · expansion · growing pains · all hands on deck · referrals · job descriptions · interviews · background checks · talent pipeline · performance reviews · talent acquisition · job postings · understaffed · outsourcing · payroll management · team building
staffing updownsizing
Reducing workforce or scale
laying off · firing · workforce reduction · furloughing · attrition
staffing upscaling down
Reducing proportionally
winding down · contracting · shrinking · retrenching · cutting back