Staffing vs. Headcount — What's the Difference?

Staffing is the process of finding the right worker with appropriate qualifications or experience and recruiting them to fill a job position or role. Through this process, organizations acquire, deploy, and retain a workforce of sufficient quantity and quality to create positive impacts on the organization’s effectiveness.

The act of counting people in a particular group.

A stick or cane carried as an aid in walking or climbing.

The number of people counted in this way.

A stout stick used as a weapon; a cudgel.

The act of counting how many people are present in a group.

A pole on which a flag is displayed; a flagstaff.

The number of people present in a group or employed by a company.

A rod or baton carried as a symbol of authority.

More generally, a consideration of a company's appropriate staffing level based on some larger context. (Generally used adjectivally.)

Pl. staffs A rule or similar graduated stick used for testing or measuring, as in surveying.

By extension, one slot in a workgroup, filled or to be filled by one person.

A group of assistants to a manager, executive, or other person in authority.

Number of people in a particular group

A group of military officers assigned to assist a commanding officer in an executive or advisory capacity.

The personnel who carry out a specific enterprise

Something that serves as a staple or support.

(Music) A set of horizontal lines and intermediate spaces used in notation to represent a sequence of pitches, in modern notation normally consisting of five lines and four spaces. Also called stave.

To provide with a staff of workers or assistants.

To serve on the staff of (an organization).

Present participle of staff

The practice of hiring and firing staff

The personnel required for some project