A business which uses the term "derecruiting resources" or "implementing a skills mix adjustment" instead of the plain-old "fired" may find themselves in line for a brainstrain award.
The award - which nominations close for next month - highlights businesses or individuals who have the most confusing, jargon-filled document or
website.
On the flip side, businesses can also be nominated for their lack of jargon and "gobbledygook" in their communications.
WriteMark Plain English Awards founder, Lynda Harris, said an example of the jargon she has seen was various euphemisms for firing people; derecruiting resources, implementing a skills mix adjustment, and optimising outplacement potential.
She also offered an example of jargon from a job advertisement for Land Information New Zealand which described the job as: "Evaluation Services in relation to the Evaluation of the Rating Valuations Regulatory Framework."
