The term 'put on the staff' is a phrase used to describe the process of hiring someone for a job. Notate (6 letters) means to write or mark down, and is often used in reference to musical notation. Hired (5 letters) is the past tense of the verb HIRE, which means to engage the services of someone for a job. HIRE (4 letters) is the present tense of the verb HIRE. Therefore, the crossword solutions for the term 'put on the staff' refer to the process of writing down or marking down the engagement of someone for a job.