short-term assignment
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short-term
adjective
uk/ˌʃɔːtˈtɜːm/us/ˈʃɔːrt.tɝːm/
lasting a ...
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assignment
noun
uk/əˈsaɪn.mənt/us/əˈsaɪn.mənt/
a piece of work given to someone, typically as part of their studies ...
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Interim management can be seen as theshort-termassignmentof a proven heavyweight interim executive manager to manage a period of transition, crisis or change within an organisation.
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The club then breaks into age-level groups for an activity session led by a team of parents who volunteer for theshort-termassignmentfor that month.
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The first involves recruitment on contract in order to carry out short-term assignments.
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Of these, approximately 2,000 were serving on short-term assignments which when aggregated totalled more than 30 days in each case.
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It is important to strike a balance between protecting agency workers and avoiding burdens that could stop business engaging them, particularly for short-term assignments.
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What of the good will and contacts established both by sending emissaries on long-term or short-term assignments, and in entertaining their young people in our universities, colleges and homes?
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Shorter term assignments have lower costs, especially when they avoid taxation thresholds, so the recent trend has been more short-term assignments and extended business trips.
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They may also include short-term assignments to the faculty of a seminary located outside the diocese's territory.
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There are both long (12 months and over) and short-term assignments.
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This has created a different type of expatriate where commuter and short-term assignments are becoming more common and often used by organizations to supplement traditional expatriation.
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