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Fehlbestellung or Fehlanstellung

English translation: take your pick

03:27 Jul 6, 2000
German to English translations [PRO]
German term or phrase: Fehlbestellung or Fehlanstellung
A guy who's in a job he can't hack
Martin Slater
Switzerland
Local time: 05:36
English translation:take your pick
Explanation:
I think there is a real HR term for this, but right now all I can think of are the following:

underperformer = miscasting = mistaken appointment = error message = mission impossible = HR error = misappointment (not in NODE) = mismatching = mismated appointment = erroneous appointment = HR blunder = misplacement -

http://www.careerpath.com/service/rdc/Editorial/Candidates/s... -

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Dan McCrosky (X)
Local time: 05:36
Grading comment
Thanks Dan, you get the nod on this for the link which produced 'miscast manager'. Client thought this was exactly what he wanted to convey so kudos all round.

Cheers Martin
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Summary of answers provided
najob mismatch
Dr. Sahib Bleher
natake your pick
Dan McCrosky (X)
naWhich of the terms or both?
Muhammad Riedinger
naunderqualified
Cami Townsend (X)


  

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1 hr
job mismatch


Explanation:
I'd suggest job mismatch or erroneous employment; it really depends a bit on the sentence.


Dr. Sahib Bleher
Local time: 04:36
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 219
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2 hrs
take your pick


Explanation:
I think there is a real HR term for this, but right now all I can think of are the following:

underperformer = miscasting = mistaken appointment = error message = mission impossible = HR error = misappointment (not in NODE) = mismatching = mismated appointment = erroneous appointment = HR blunder = misplacement -

http://www.careerpath.com/service/rdc/Editorial/Candidates/s... -



Dan McCrosky (X)
Local time: 05:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1541
Grading comment
Thanks Dan, you get the nod on this for the link which produced 'miscast manager'. Client thought this was exactly what he wanted to convey so kudos all round.

Cheers Martin
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2 hrs
Which of the terms or both?


Explanation:
Fehlbestellung would be a wrongly placed order, or in a particular context possibly a wrongly delivered message.
Fehlanstellung would be a wrongly chosen person for a particular job, or a wrongly chosen job for a particular person.
good luck.

Muhammad Riedinger
Pakistan
Local time: 09:36
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 26
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3 hrs
underqualified


Explanation:
If the employee can't hack the job because he doesn't have the requisite experience and skills, then you could simply say he's underqualified.

Cami Townsend (X)
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