Höhere fachliche Anforderungen müssen eingekauft werden

English translation: more specialist skills will need to be bought in

16:36 Oct 2, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting
German term or phrase: Höhere fachliche Anforderungen müssen eingekauft werden
Hintergrund sind die strukturellen Veränderungen im Personalbestand, die durch den Transformationsprozess des Geschäftsmodells bedingt sind. Höhere fachliche Anforderungen müssen teurer am Markt eingekauft werden.

With "Höhere fachliche Anforderungen", are they referring to highly-qualified individuals here?
jackiekiefer
English translation:more specialist skills will need to be bought in
Explanation:
...at a higher cost.
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philgoddard
United States
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Thanks everyone for all three suggestions!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2more specialist skills will need to be bought in
philgoddard
4more qualified requirements must be commissioned
Claudia Hoffmann
3Top talent has to be recruited for top dollar
Michael Martin, MA


  

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more qualified requirements must be commissioned


Explanation:
more qualified requirements must be commissioned to a third party

Claudia Hoffmann
Germany
Local time: 08:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 14
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
more specialist skills will need to be bought in


Explanation:
...at a higher cost.

philgoddard
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 73
Grading comment
Thanks everyone for all three suggestions!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Klaus Beyer
2 hrs

agree  RobinB
4 hrs

neutral  Michael Martin, MA: 'Specialist skills' is fine but 'bought in' is definitely not the same as "teuer eingekauft".
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Top talent has to be recruited for top dollar


Explanation:
You forgot "teuer". This phrase is all about "teuer eingekauft werden", not just "eingekauft werden."

Top talent/higher skilled talent has to be recruited for top dollar on the market

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 03:06
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: This is way too colloquial.
1 hr
  -> German formality just doesn't sound appropriate in English. Besides, I offered top talent and higher skilled talent both of which are widely used.
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