staffs up

Expands the workforce

Staffs up means to hire additional personnel, typically in preparation for increased demand or a new initiative: The company is staffing up for the holiday season.

The phrase implies deliberate expansion of a workforce rather than routine hiring.

A business staffs up when it expects to need more hands.

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job postings · open positions · background checks · recruitment agencies · talent acquisition · talent pipeline · team building · interviewing · resource allocation · training programs · growing pains · performance reviews · payroll management · project timelines · applicant tracking · succession planning · market entry · all hands on deck

Opposites
workforce size change

staffs updownsizes

Reduces size or scope

lays off · lets go · fires · terminates · furloughs

operational capacity

staffs upwinds down

Gradually decreases activity

contracts · scales down · shrinks · retrenches · mothballs

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