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Human resources

Referring to the function within an organisation that is charged with managing its employees, often as well as its recruitment process.

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variance forecasting

Business services; Human resources

Considering company employee demand and availablity to determine whether the organization will have the ablility to meet its future manpower needs.

value-added work

Business services; Human resources

Work to increase the value of a service or product.

vacation buy-back plan

Business services; Human resources

Whereby employees can sell back unused vacation days to employers.

vacation carryover

Business services; Human resources

Whereby employees can carry unused vacation days into the next year.

diversity management

Business services; Human resources

Diversity management is a strategy that is intended to foster and maintain a positive workplace environment. Usually initiated by Human Resources professionals and managed by department heads and ...

structured job interview

Business services; Human resources

A structured job interview format is a standardized method of comparing job candidates. All questions are prepared beforehand and are put in the same order to each interviewee. It is typically used ...

unstructured job interview

Business services; Human resources

Unstructured interviews are the opposite to structured interviews. Questions are not pre-set, and may be based on the interviewee's responses. Thus the direction of the interview is rather casual, ...

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