recruitment

UK/rɪˈkruːt.mənt /US/rɪˈkruːt.mənt /

nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,026 of 15,258leans written

Recruitment is the process of finding and choosing new people for jobs. Advertising, sifting, interviewing, offering.

It is the formal word, and human resources departments use it constantly: a recruitment drive, a recruitment agency, recruitment costs. The military and political senses are older, since armies and movements recruit as well. American English says hiring for the commercial version. The verb is recruit, which is also a noun meaning the new person, especially a new soldier.

Definitions of recruitment

1nounrecruitmentThe process of finding and taking on new staff or members.B2+
“Recruitment has been difficult for two years running.”

Also accepted in games: hiring

Where it comes from

French
recrutement
English, today
recruitment

From recruit + ment. French recrutement.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Work & Careers, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 12 of A Man Called Ove.

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recruitment in the wild

The United Nations has labelled the recruitment of children into armed groups and conflicts as one of the grave violations against children in times of war.
Children in the military
Since the 1960s a number of treaties have successfully reduced the recruitment and use of children worldwide.
Children in the military
Internet-based recruitment is now widespread, including the use of artificial intelligence (AI).
Recruitment
Counter-recruitment refers to activity that engages in opposing military recruitment, in some or all of its forms.
Counter-recruitment
Most such activity is a response to recruitment by state armed forces, but may also target intelligence agencies, private military companies, and non-state armed groups.
Counter-recruitment

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