potential employer

collocation in English

meaningsofpotentialandemployer

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/
us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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employer
noun[C]
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.ər/
us
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/
a person or organization that ...
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(Definition ofpotentialandemployerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A lowland farm, which is also apotentialemployerof upland labour, is adversely affected by this externality.
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In its absence, the nature of pension provision supplied by apotentialemployeris unlikely to exert any major influence over the employment decisions of workers.
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One can imagine how it would quickly come to the ears of anypotentialemployer.
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We should consider the position of thepotentialemployer.
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Thepotentialemployeris also provided with a leaflet informing him of his rights.
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First, apotentialemployeris offered a supply of skilled and unskilled labour.
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Obtaining higher wages and being able to have more than onepotentialemployerare important objectives.
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We must ask ourselves what options apotentialemployerof 16 and 17-year-olds will have.
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There are, undoubtedly, circumstances in which a data subject might legitimately want to comply with a request by apotentialemployerto provide certain information.
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It will encourage thepotentialemployerto think twice before committing himself to a younger applicant.
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For example, it might go not just to legal advisers of the authority but to an insurance company or apotentialemployer.
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Overall you give yourpotentialemployerthe impression that you are not alert—for the good reason that you are not.
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If he or she is a disabled person as defined, there is a duty on thepotentialemployerto follow the process of reasonable adjustment.
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How can apotentialemployerassess their abilities?
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Those men know that the shipyard represents the biggestpotentialemployerin the area.
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Each request for exemption will have to be initiated by the employee, not by the employer orpotentialemployer.
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Fourthly apotentialemployerneeds to know whether the area in which he intends to invest cash enjoys good or bad industrial relations.
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Such people should not be perceived by everypotentialemployeras falling into that category.
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As an employer, and as apotentialemployer, the potential change is very important.
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That £57 is usually more than thepotentialemployercan afford.
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