Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Flemish term or phrase:
doorgroeier
English translation:
a high-potential (employee, person,...)
Added to glossary by
Pierre Grabowski (X)
Sep 28, 2005 09:51
18 yrs ago
Flemish term
Pierre Grabowski (X)
doorgroeier
Flemish to English
Other
Human Resources
= person (capable of)progressing to other -higher - levels/positions within the same company
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | a high-potential (employee, person,...) |
Evert DELOOF-SYS
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| 4 +1 | upwardly mobile employee |
MoiraB
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Proposed translations
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a high-potential (employee, person,...)
Is a term I heard quite often when talking about 'doorgroeiers' in the context you mentioned.
E.g.:
Rothwell calls it the Crown Prince(ess) Syndrome: When a high-potential employee hears she's under consideration for a higher position, she kicks back and ...
www.linkageinc.com/company/news_events/ in_the_news/high_performers.aspx
E.g.:
Rothwell calls it the Crown Prince(ess) Syndrome: When a high-potential employee hears she's under consideration for a higher position, she kicks back and ...
www.linkageinc.com/company/news_events/ in_the_news/high_performers.aspx
Peer comment(s):
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Els Thant, M.A., B.Tr. (X)
: that's how I've heard it in an American multinational environment
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, Evert! I particularly liked MoiraB's 'gold collar worker', but your suggestion fits better with the style of the text"
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upwardly mobile employee
or:
employee with promotion potential / career potential
http://www.cnrnw.navy.mil/N01CP/start/HRM-05-MeritPromotion....
Under Navy’s Upward Mobility Training Agreement, potential is defined as the ability (including the desire) to acquire and use knowledge and skills needed to successfully perform higher-level work, specifically in those kinds of occupations and at grade levels which could or would be targets for upwardly mobile employees.
Or this site talks about a new phrase: "gold collar worker", which gets about 770 googles.
http://students.ed.qut.edu.au/n4295897/clb341/fuss.htm
"Gold collar worker" is the new catch phrase describing a techno literate, university educated, young upwardly mobile employee.
employee with promotion potential / career potential
http://www.cnrnw.navy.mil/N01CP/start/HRM-05-MeritPromotion....
Under Navy’s Upward Mobility Training Agreement, potential is defined as the ability (including the desire) to acquire and use knowledge and skills needed to successfully perform higher-level work, specifically in those kinds of occupations and at grade levels which could or would be targets for upwardly mobile employees.
Or this site talks about a new phrase: "gold collar worker", which gets about 770 googles.
http://students.ed.qut.edu.au/n4295897/clb341/fuss.htm
"Gold collar worker" is the new catch phrase describing a techno literate, university educated, young upwardly mobile employee.
Peer comment(s):
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Robert Kleemaier
: if the text would benefit from a buzzword, 'gold collar worker' would be brilliant
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thanks - new one on me but it might fit the bill in the right context!
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