From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Employmentworkforcework‧force /ˈwɜːkfɔːs $ ˈwɜːrkfɔːrs/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる noun [singular]BEWORKERall the people who work in a particular industry or company, or are available to work in a particular country or area → staffWomen now represent almost 50% of the workforce.The company is cutting its workforce.skilled/educated/flexible etc workforceExamples from the Corpusworkforce• a workforce of 3500 employees• His practicalgenius for ergonomics allowed him to succeed in adaptingtasks to suit a disabledworkforce.• Cook began his cost-cutting campaign by getting rid of a third of his workforce.• Together, the four groups produce a highly skilledworkforce that no one institution could develop on its own.• A new federalsurvey on the growing shortage of nursesportrays a stagnantworkforce with a dramaticslowdown in nursing school enrollments.• Women make up 41% of the workforce.• In April Britain's unemploymentrate was unchanged at 10.5% of the workforce.• Employment in mining stood at 104 in 1964 and at 2,100 in 1977, about 0.2 percent of the workforce.• A unionspokesman said that none of the people arrested were from the sacked Timex workforce.• Your educationprograms should be designed to accommodate different needs within your workforce.skilled/educated/flexible etc workforce• Moreover, an educated workforce is argued to be one of the important prerequisites for economicexpansion and advance.• In this new economy, smart businesses rely on an educated workforce to thrive.• The Conservative Government does not believe in the need for a broadly educated workforce.• Its goal was to create a highly skilled workforce for the Susquehanna Valley, where P & G is located.• Together, the four groups produce a highly skilled workforce that no one institution could develop on its own.• So, the first requirement is that older workers should be included in the drive for a more skilled workforce.• Clearly now as never before there is a need for a well-trained, flexible workforce.From Longman Business Dictionaryworkforcework‧force /ˈwɜːkfɔːsˈwɜːrkfɔːrs/ noun [countable]HUMAN RESOURCESall the people who work in a particular country, industry, or factoryState industry employs almost one-third of China’s urban workforce of 150 million.The supermarket chain closed 311 stores and cut its workforce to 29,500.