evergreen requisition

Definition

A permanently open job posting for high-turnover or high-volume positions, because why bother closing and reopening the same role every two weeks? It's the HR equivalent of leaving your porch light on indefinitely.

Example Usage

The call center maintained evergreen requisitions for customer service representatives since they were hiring monthly.

Origin

Adopted from evergreen content marketing terminology in the 2000s

Fun Fact

Evergreen requisitions can hurt employer brand if they make a company look perpetually desperate or suggest terrible retention issues.

Source: High-volume recruiting practices

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