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English: bench strength

Portuguese translation: capacidade de contratar internamente







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English term or phrase:bench strength
Portuguese translation:capacidade de contratar internamente
Entered by:Clara Duarte de Figueiredo
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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources / human resources training
English term or phrase: bench strength
The company's top priority was to aggressively enhance bench strength among its general manager candidates.
Bloomfield
United States
Clarification request(s) and response
Heloísa Ferdinandt: 4:02pm Nov 3, 2006: I am glad I could help :-)

capacidade de contratar internamente
Explanation:
Bench strength is an organization’s ability to fill critical vacancies from within.

A prioridade de topo da empresa era o de aumentar agressivamente a sua capacidade de contratar internamente de entre os seus candidatos a gestor geral.
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Clara Duarte de Figueiredo
Portugal
Note from asker to answerer
This is a typical example why we should be able to award two answerers with kudos points; both Clara's and Heloísa's responses are correct. Sorry, Heloísa, I used a "first come" criterion on this one, and I owe you one. Regards, and thanks.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2capacidade de contratar internamente
Clara Duarte de Figueiredo
5reserva de pessoal, força reserva
Heloísa Ferdinandt


  

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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
capacidade de contratar internamente

Explanation:
Bench strength is an organization’s ability to fill critical vacancies from within.

A prioridade de topo da empresa era o de aumentar agressivamente a sua capacidade de contratar internamente de entre os seus candidatos a gestor geral.

Clara Duarte de Figueiredo
Portugal
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 15
Note from asker to answerer
This is a typical example why we should be able to award two answerers with kudos points; both Clara's and Heloísa's responses are correct. Sorry, Heloísa, I used a "first come" criterion on this one, and I owe you one. Regards, and thanks.

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agree Todd Field
51 mins

agree Denise Miranda
16 hrs
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reserva de pessoal, força reserva

Explanation:
A prioridade central da empresa era de melhorar agressivamente a reserva de pessoal entre seus candidatos a gerente geral.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-11-02 23:08:19 GMT)
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Confirm the meaning at: http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/3418811/c_3419229?f=TodayInFi...

A idéia é a de ter um "banco de reserva" forte, de profissionais bem preparados na empresa para uma sucessão ou no caso de uma substituição repentina nas posições mais altas.

Heloísa Ferdinandt
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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