potential employee

collocation in English

meaningsofpotentialandemployee

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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employee
noun[C]
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.iː/us
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.iː/
someone who is paid to work for ...
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(Definition ofpotentialandemployeefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Can there be, like apotentialemployee, an architecture that is under qualified or over qualified?
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And failure to provide any of the specified documents will provide a reasonable justification for refusing to take on apotentialemployee.
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It offers to the employee orpotentialemployeethe chance of getting his foot in the door and proving himself.
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We are saying that when apotentialemployeecomes along, the employer must ask for evidence of one of a specified range of documents.
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He needs to secure one of the specified documents from apotentialemployee.
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I said that there were two vacancies for everypotentialemployee.
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When businesses are run in this way a hidden sufferer is thepotentialemployee, the young unemployed, women and ethnic minorities.
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If apotentialemployeehas a history of impairment, it affects the employer's perception of the future.
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However, if there are doubts about apotentialemployeehe will not be taken on.
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It is the responsibility of employers to assure themselves that thepotentialemployeeis not an illegal immigrant.
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The fact that apotentialemployeemay have had a traffic accident is not of itself grounds for refusing employment.
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He also gave a simple arithmetic test to everypotentialemployee.
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That is simply not the kind of world in whichpotentialemployeeshare owners want to become involved.
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It is ironic that, in the work market, when any employer looks at apotentialemployee, he will look at three factors: education, training and experience.
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If employers are able to seek references from apotentialemployee, why should not apotentialemployee have access to an independent assessment of a company's suitability as an employer?
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It is sensible for that employer to make reasonable inquiries to discover whether apotentialemployee had a background that was likely to lead him into disrupting the company.
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By being dogmatic and over zealous about the rights of existing employees, the scales have probably tilted against the employer, and thus against the interests of thepotentialemployee.
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As to thepotentialemployee, we must get our old people out of the desperate outlook and the feeling that they are heading for the rubbish heap.
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It provides that thepotentialemployee, "shall not be required to be available to take up any employed earner's employment at less than 7 days' notice".
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This flexibility gives thepotentialemployeea chance to consider, for example, whether the hours he or she is going to have to work and the pay are acceptable.
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