{"id":6243,"date":"2014-09-07T04:13:49","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T12:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=6243"},"modified":"2023-01-08T22:07:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T06:07:34","slug":"business-english-pod-257-discussing-staffing-needs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/07\/business-english-pod-257-discussing-staffing-needs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 257 &#8211; English Collocations for Discussing Staffing (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6243-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP257-Staffing2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP257-Staffing2.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP257-Staffing2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Welcome back to Business English Pod for today&#8217;s lesson on discussing <a title=\"English for Human Resources (HR)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/human-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hiring and staffing<\/a> needs.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of every great company is a great staff. But how do you get a great staff? How do you make sure you have enough of the right people in the right places to make the business a success? These are important questions that you need to answer when discussing staffing needs. Not just because labor is one of the biggest costs for most companies, but because people are the real backbone to any business.<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s dialog, you will hear the speakers use many different expressions that we call \u201ccollocations.\u201d A collocation is simply a natural combination of words. Native English speakers commonly use these collocations as \u201cchunks\u201d of language, because it&#8217;s actually easier to remember them as a chunk than as individual words. For example, in business you might hear the expression \u201cfixed costs\u201d for business costs that don&#8217;t change from month to month. People don&#8217;t say \u201cunchanging costs\u201d or \u201csolid costs\u201d or \u201csame costs.\u201d Those just aren&#8217;t natural collocations. Everyone says \u201cfixed costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As you listen to the dialog, try to pick out some of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/english-collocations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English collocations<\/a> and we&#8217;ll discuss them later in the debrief.<\/p>\n<p>In the dialog, we&#8217;ll rejoin a conversation between three managers at a fiber optics company. The company is planning to manufacture a new product, and they need to decide how to staff the project. You will hear Carla from finance, Hank from HR, and Paul, the production manager for the new product line. Last time we heard these three talk about hiring new staff or bringing people over from another division. Today they&#8217;re talking more specifically about the number of people and costs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. How did they get the lead engineer for the new venture?<br \/>\n2. How does Paul think the company can save some money on hiring for the new project?<br \/>\n3. Why does Hank think it will be difficult to hire new workers?<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/transcripts\/BEP257SN-Staffing2.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP257-Pub\/BEP257-player.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/phrasecasts\/BEP257PC.mp3\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PhraseCast<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/quiz\/BEP257POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lesson Module<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP257-Staffing2.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Podcast 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