Einstellungswelle
German
Etymology
Einstellung (“hiring/employment”) + -s- + Welle (“wave”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaɪ̯nʃtɛlʊŋsˌvɛlə]
- Hyphenation: Ein‧stel‧lungs‧vel‧le
Noun
Einstellungswelle f (genitive Einstellungswelle, plural Einstellungswellen)
- (business, economics) hiring spree, hiring wave (a period during which a large number of new employees are hired by a company or across an industry)
- Nach dem Großauftrag rollte eine massive Einstellungswelle durch das Unternehmen.
- After the major order, a massive hiring wave rolled through the company.
Declension
Declension of Einstellungswelle [feminine]
Synonyms
- Rekrutierungswelle (recruitment wave)
- Personalaufbau (staff expansion; more formal)
Antonyms
- Entlassungswelle (wave of layoffs)
- Einstellungsstopp (hiring freeze)
Coordinate terms
- Fachkräftemangel (often the reason why a wave is difficult to execute)
- Wirtschaftswachstum (the typical driver of such a wave)
- Onboarding (the process of integrating the new hires)
- Arbeitsmarkt (the environment where the wave occurs)
- Kapazitätserweiterung (expansion of capacity)
Related terms
- Hitzewelle (heatwave)
- Neuverpflichtung (new signing/hire)
References
- “Einstellungswelle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Einstellungswelle” in Duden online