hard-to-staff

adjective HR

Definition

› used to describe an organization that has difficulty finding or keeping employees: Hard-to-staff schools find it difficult to attract and retain qualified teachers.

(Definition of hard-to-staff adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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