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means To pay someone to do work for you, usually on an ongoing basis, as an employee or contractor.
from 'Hire' traces back to Old English 'hyrian,' meaning to pay for the use of something or someone's services, with ancient Germanic roots behind it (related words appear in Old Frisian and Old High German). It originally applied broadly — you could hire a horse, a boat, or a worker — before narrowing, in modern use, toward the employment sense that dominates today.
- origin
- old english hyr meant wages, not the person
- cost
- a bad hire often costs 30 percent of their salary
- irony
- most resumes are the worst part of the candidate
- truth
- you are mostly hiring their last manager's training