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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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Human resources
career development
Business administration; Human resources
The planning of a person’s future career within an organization in order to maximize his or her contribution to the organization and the fulfilment of his or her own potential. This is a primary ...
early retirement
Business administration; Human resources
The procedure whereby an employee opts for retirement before the usual retiral age, usually with an enhanced pension. If it happens as a result of delayering or downsizing or any other form of ...
outplacement
Business administration; Human resources
The process of helping people to find new jobs after giving them notice of redundancy but while they are still employed.
recruitment
Business administration; Human resources
The process of identifying possible candidates for a job vacancy. It should start, ideally, with a job analysis, after which a job specification should be drawn up. Likely candidates to meet the ...
head-hunting
Business administration; Human resources
The process of looking systematically for talented people and offering them an incentive to move to another organization. A more general form of executive search.
job transition
Business administration; Human resources
The process of moving from one job to another, either within the same organization or between organizations. A time of heightened psychological activity and stress.
unfair dismissal
Business administration; Human resources
The verdict of an industrial tribunal which is sought by an employee who feels he or she has been wrongfully dismissed by his or her employer. The employer has to show that the dismissal was fair and ...
