labor pool
4
3.7
- noun
- /ˈleɪbər puːl/
- US
:
oferta laboral
- A strong labor pool allows companies to find the right skills for their job openings.
- a local labor pool
- a large labor pool
It was this deep labour pool which truly held up Spartans society.
- It was this deep labour pool which truly held up Spartans society.
Examples
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Millions did, and the problem is that the labor pool for designers is actually quite small.
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Suppose, too, the employer has no history of discrimination and indeed has a workforce that matches the local labor pool.
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In some parts of the country, immigrants have been a major portion of the labor pool for these positions.
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Either compete in the labor pool under existing guidelines and expected wages or stay home.
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Academic openings in physics research departments are filled from an international labor pool.
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Because of their precarious economic circumstances and small labor pool, such a couple may be reluctant to innovate much.
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The labor pool of instrument makers is fairly stable, and several small guitar factories have opened in Paracho.
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Mexico's surplus labor pool will continue to restrain workers' wages.
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A rapidly growing aging population, combined with a shrinking low-cost labor pool, is worrying.
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The search for a reliable labor pool prompted North Carolina tobacco interests to pursue a guaranteed labor supply through H-2A.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
249
2.4
All the people who work in a company, industry, or country
81
3.7
The number of people who can do work in a company or area
41
2.2
All the people in a country who can and are available to work
1
3.3
Workers who are available to do jobs in a country or company
How Many
- US
1
3.3
- US
4
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'available supply of workers' is directly compositional from 'labor' (workers) and 'pool' (a collected supply or reservoir), so the phrase denotes a collection of workers available for hiring. This metaphorical use of 'pool' as a resource is common cross-linguistically and in everyday English, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the meaning.
Etymology
The term labor pool comes from a simple image: imagine a pool where many labor, meaning 'workers', are gathered in one place. So labor pool means the group of 'workers' a company can 'hire'.