staffing

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noun

the practice of hiring and firing staff

CommonScrabble 15

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of staff
nounstaffing (plural staffings)

plural staffings

  1. the practice of hiring and firing staff
  2. The personnel required for some project.

    In accordance with an agreement made in 1855, "the Junction Station" (Coaley) was erected at the expense of the Dursley Company, which also paid for the staffing of it.

    1956 September, 'Precursor', “The Dursley & Midland Junction Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 599

Translations

Finnish henkilöstönhallinta
  • henkilöstönhallintathe practice of hiring and firing staff
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APA

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Chicago

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