Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

site 241 slack
straIk/ noun a strike where the employees
stay in their place of work and refuse
to work or to leave They staged a
sit-down strike but were forced to leave
the premises by the police.
site /saIt/ noun 1. the place where
something is located We have chosen
a site for the new factory. The supermarket
is to be built on a site near the
station. 2. a website which is created by
a company, organisation or individual,
and which anyone can visit How
many hits did we have on our site last
week? verb to place or position to
be sited to be placed The factory will
be sited near the motorway.
site engineer /saIt endʒInIə/ noun
an engineer in charge of a building being
constructed
site foreman /saIt fɔmən/ noun a
foreman in charge of workers on a
building site
sit-in /sIt In/ noun a strike where the
employees stay in their place of work
and refuse to work or leave (NOTE: plural
is sit-ins)
sitting /sItIŋ/ noun sitting next to
Nellie a training method, where a new
employee learns a manual process by
sitting beside an experienced worker
who shows how the work is done (informal.)
situation /sItʃueIʃ(ə)n/ noun a job
situational /sItʃueIʃ(ə)n(ə)l/ adjective
referring to a situation
situational interview /sItʃu-
eIʃ(ə)n(ə)l Intəvju/, situation-based
interview /sItʃueIʃ(ə)n
beIst Intəvju/ noun an interview
where a candidate is asked specific
questions about situations which may
occur in a job
situational test /sItʃueIʃ(ə)n(ə)l
test/ noun a test where a candidate is
placed in certain imaginary situations
and is asked to react to them
situations vacant /sItʃueIʃ(ə)nz
veIkənt/ noun a list in a newspaper of
jobs which are available
situations wanted /sItʃueIʃ(ə)nz
wɒntId/ noun a section of a newspaper
where workers advertise for jobs or offer
services
skeleton service /skelItn svIs/
noun a service provided by skeleton
staff
skeleton staff /skelItn stɑf/ noun
a small number of staff who are left to
carry on essential work while most of
the workforce is away
skill /skIl/ noun an ability to do something
because you have been trained
We are badly in need of technical skills
now that we have computerised the production
line. She has acquired some
very useful office management skills.
He was not appointed because he didn’t
have the skills required for the job.
‘Britain’s skills crisis has now reached such
proportions that it is affecting the nation’s
economic growth’ [Personnel Today]
‘…we aim to add the sensitivity of a new
European to the broad skills of the new
professional manager’ [Management Today]
skill centre /skIl sentə/ noun a centre
which gives adults accelerated vocational
training
skilled /skIld/ adjective having learnt
certain skills
skilled job /skIld dʒɒb/ noun a job
for which certain skills are needed
skilled workers /skIld wkəz/,
skilled labour /skIld leIbə/ noun
workers who have special skills or who
have had long training
skills analysis /skIlz ənləsIs/
noun the process of obtaining information
about the technical and behavioural
skills that employees possess or that are
required in a particular job
skills inventory /skIlz Invənt(ə)ri/
noun a list of all the skills, qualifications,
etc., of each member of staff, so
that they can be redeployed rather than
be made redundant if their job ceases to
exist
skills mapping /skIlz mpIŋ/
noun same as skills analysis
skills mobility /skIlz məυbIlIti/
noun same as professional mobility
skills shortage /skIlz ʃɔtIdʒ/
noun a lack of employees with certain
skills
slack /slk/ adjective not busy
Business is slack at the end of the week.
January is always a slack period.