head count
noun
: an act of counting the number of people at a place, event, etc.
She did a head count to make sure all the students were on the bus.
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At the time, Houston wrote that the cuts were due to slowing growth, economic headwinds and the need to invest more resources and head count into the increasingly competitive AI race.
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Hayden Field, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
The key to this dramatic change has been trimming head count.
—Thomas Lah, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
That doesn’t include further head count reductions and layoffs this year.
—Michael Wayland,robert Ferris, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
Esprit: 65 in the U.S. The fashion brand shed 65 jobs at its New York headquarters in Manhattan, bringing its new total head count to just 50.
—Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
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Hayden Field, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
The key to this dramatic change has been trimming head count.
—Thomas Lah, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
That doesn’t include further head count reductions and layoffs this year.
—Michael Wayland,robert Ferris, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
Esprit: 65 in the U.S. The fashion brand shed 65 jobs at its New York headquarters in Manhattan, bringing its new total head count to just 50.
—Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Head count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20count. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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