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A word for a business that makes supporting products for another, specific business?
Is there a business term for a company's whose products and services are entirely in support of another company's product or service? For example
Companies that sell door fronts, door pulls and couch ...
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Collective term for nontechnical staff at a company?
I am looking for a term which would refer to all of the nontechnical staff at a technical company.
For example, if it is a software firm, the term would refer to, say, all HR, education, travel and ...
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Is there a word or phrase for a third-party contractor of a third-party entity?
Consider the following:
I represent Company A
Company A has a contractor that they offload work to, called Company B
Company B has a contractor that they offload Company A's work to, called Company C
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What is the term used to remind someone to submit something that is in a rush and important in a business term?
as the topic stated, I'm currently in a situation where the term "notification" is kind of over used, so I'm trying to find alternatives to emphasize the importance of the notification.
Here's the ...
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Term, preferably a single word, that describes a person's occupation?
For example, a demonym is the name given to the inhabitants of a particular location.
Demonym: United States -> American
Is there a word for the name given to people that do a certain job?
(Word I'...
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Is there a word for a job title that are based on doing busy work [duplicate]
Is there a word for a job title that doesn't actually contribute to increasing productivity in an organization and is redundant, wouldn't matter if this positions were vacant and even if you make them ...
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Word or phrase for a sale or transfer between two divisions or branches of the same company
I want a word or word phrase like 'Sales and Customer Service', but it applies only to the sale or transfer of stock between branches or divisions of the same company.
It's for internal ...
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Synonym for "on-the-job" as in this example
I'm looking for synonyms for on-the-job and I couldn't find one that makes sense. As in the example:
To be a lab tech, on-the-job experience is required.
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Is there a word that means "this deal will not involve credit"?
I was buying a car, and the salesman started to talk about credit terms. I responded with "I'm paying cash", meaning that I didn't need any credit. However, the salesman was worried that I was about ...
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Is there a term for the amount of time one devotes to a job, as in full-time, part-time, half-time?
This question came up when I was posting job openings on a website and needed to list the various aspects of each position using label/value pairs, like so:
Benefits: Included
Availability: ...
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A word for a company that provides a service
I'm writing up a business model and have arrived at the point to place the business in the value chain. I know that the business would go in the spot where the 'retailer' usually is however, a ...
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How to best convey excitement for the next assignment, quarter, or project? [closed]
I’ve just received feedback on my work during the second quarter of the year (Q2) from my manager. I would like to reply to this feedback and end my reply with a sentence along the lines of"
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A poetic word or expression for networking/lobbying/making professional connections
I’m looking for a poetic word or expression that means making professional connections, lobbying, networking, socializing professionally.
League, circuit, club, society, and so on and so forth.
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"We choose our partners by..."
I want to say that we (as a company) choose only the best companies to join our partners program and I'm looking for a better way to say it.
Something like:
We choose our partners by _____.
Any ...
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Distinction between pre-hire onboarding and post-hire onboarding [closed]
Wikipedia talks of onboarding as "the mechanism through which new employees acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors to become effective organizational members and insiders." And about....
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