earliest attempt 最初的尝试
if you attempt something or you attempt to do something, you try to do it - the earliest attempt is the first attempt in time

rules and procedures 规则
instructions that tell you what you are allowed to do and what you are not allowed to do

innovative 创新的
person or thing which is new or makes changes

efficient 有效率的
successful, working without waste of time or resources

shrinking缩水的
becoming smaller

full-time employees 全职员工
persons regularly paid by a company to work all the normal working time

portfolio 组合
a case or collection of different work

outsourcing 外包的
obtaining services from other companies or individuals rather than employing full-time members of staff to provide them

subcontracting分包的
signing a contract with a company for them to do part of the work for a project

working population 在职员工数
the number of people who work
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