talent pool
Available skilled workers
A talent pool is the available supply of people with particular skills or qualifications that an organization might hire from.
Companies cultivate talent pools through recruiting efforts, internship programs, and professional networks: We need to expand our talent pool if we want more diverse candidates.
The term treats potential employees as a collective resource to draw from.
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- job marketEmployment availability collectively
- recruitingEnlisting new members
- hiringGiving someone work
- human resourcesEmployee administration department
workforce · headhunting · executive search · pipeline · applicants · prospects · entry level · top tier · bench · deep bench · reserves · scouts · interviews · resumes · shortlist · staffing · depth · draft
- job marketjobs, employment, job seekers, job search, job hunting
- workforceworkers, employee, employees, labor force, employer
- hiringhiring, job, interview, resume, application
- recruitingrecruiter, recruiting, recruit, recruiters, headhunter
- HRhiring, human resources, recruiting, HR, onboarding
- labor economicsjob market, labor supply, labor demand, employment rates, unemployment rates
talent poolbottom of the barrel
Worst of what remains
unemployables · rejects · undesirables · no-hopers · dregs
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