Meaning & use
Hiring
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The action or process of employing someone for a job or engaging a service for temporary use.
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The company announced a hiring freeze due to budget cuts.
Hiring picked up significantly in the tech sector last quarter.
A note on using this word
Often paired with 'freeze' or 'spree' to describe the pace of a company's recruitment activity.
Words with a similar meaning
recruitmentemployment
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Words with an opposite meaning
firinglayoffs
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