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Current time could be time to take on staff (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

recruitment

'time to take on staff' is the definition.
(period in which to recruit new staff)

'current time could be' is the wordplay.
'could be' is an anagram indicator.
'current'+'time'='currenttime'
'currenttime' is an anagram of 'RECRUITMENT'.

(Other definitions for recruitment that I've seen before include "Staff engagement" , "Action of finding workers" , "Taking on people" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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