existing workforce
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexistingandworkforce
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existing
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/us/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/
used to refer to something that ...
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workforce
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/ˈwɜːk.fɔːs/us/ˈwɝːk.fɔːrs/
the group of people who work in a company, industry, ...
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(Definition ofexistingandworkforcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I say "additional" because that allows for wastage and retirement from theexistingworkforce.
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This requires a major effort in training and retraining of theexistingworkforce.
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Employers would much rather adapt and train theirexistingworkforceto meet new circumstances than hire a new one.
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Will he make certain that there are safeguards for theexistingworkforce?
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Secondly, it is equally important that theexistingworkforceis retrained in the skills demanded by new and changing information technologies.
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What happens in schools is important, but updating theexistingworkforcewill be more influential in the shorter term and will have more rapid effect.
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But for the moment at any rate the whole of theexistingworkforceis being taken over.
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We have anexistingworkforcein need of being kept up to date and brought up to date by continuing education.
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That announcement will deal with continuation of employment of theexistingworkforce.
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Of course some will be directly employed by the local authority from itsexistingworkforce; perhaps from some of its current care-leaver teams.
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Nobody would argue that a focus on training for new recruits is bound in itself to detract from the endeavours of industry to invest in itsexistingworkforce.
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He drew to our attention the problems that smaller firms are facing in this matter of training as there is currently pressure on theirexistingworkforce.
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It is not just unacceptable for the future, but we know from comparative studies that it is not acceptable in terms of the skills of ourexistingworkforce.
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Many courses can be so financed, but the retraining of theexistingworkforceis now so important that the effectiveness of continuing education must become a national responsibility.
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I should myself have thought that "theexistingworkforce" must mean the people who are on the books at any given time for the purpose of that kind of work.
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The simplicity of the method allowed it to be taught to theexistingworkforcein the turpentine industry.
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Primary care physicians tend to be closer to retirement on average, demonstrating that these shortages are expected to worsen and pressure will only increase among theexistingworkforce.
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