UK Recruitment Glossary
Talent Pool
In recruiter context
If a recruiter screens you and the role isn't right, the good ones add you to their talent pool for next time. This is why interviewing well even for a job you don't get matters — you can re-surface six months later for the same recruiter without starting from zero. Stay in touch lightly, every quarter or so. "Hi, still on the market, here's what I'm doing" is enough.
Related terms
ATS (Applicant Tracking System)
Software that hiring teams use to receive, store, filter, and rank job applications.
Networking
Building professional contacts who can refer you, advise you, or hire you in the future.
Garden Leave
A period during your notice where the employer pays you but bars you from working.
Presenteeism
Being physically at work when you shouldn't be — ill, exhausted, mentally checked out — a productivi…