Hiring freeze meaning in English

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Definition

a hiring freeze: an end or a stop to the process of recruiting new employees idiom

Examples

"Our HR Department has just recently issued a hiring freeze, meaning that I won't be hiring a Personal Assistant at all."

Exercise 1

Select the TRUE statements from the list below.

There may be more than one correct answer!

The Delavigne Corporation is going to make layoffs.

The Delavigne Corporation has temporarily halted recruiting new employees.

The position has been filled by someone with better qualifications.

Ms. Howard was a very good candidate for the job, according to Philip.

Select the TRUE statements from the list below.

There may be more than one correct answer!

The Delavigne Corporation is going to make layoffs.

This is an incorrect statement. A "layoff" is the act of dismissing or "firing" an employee. Ms. Howard hasn't been hired for the position, so there is no chance that she can be fired from it.

The Delavigne Corporation has temporarily halted recruiting new employees.

This is a correct statement. Philip says that the reason for not hiring Ms. Howard is that the Delavigne Corporation "recently issued a hiring freeze". A "hiring freeze" is a temporary halt in recruiting (or hiring) new employees.

The position has been filled by someone with better qualifications.

This is an incorrect statement. Philip does not say that the position has been given to someone else. His reason for not hiring Ms. Howard is that the Delavigne Corporation is currently not hiring any new employees at all.

Ms. Howard was a very good candidate for the job, according to Philip.

This is a correct statement. Philip says that Ms. Howard "interviewed well" (= she performed well in the job interview) and that "nobody was better" than her. He also believed that she had "many of the characteristics and talents" he was looking for in a Personal Assistant.

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