Synonyms

recruiter

American

[ri-kroo-ter] / rɪˈkru tər /

noun

someone who engages in finding, attracting, or enlisting employees, new members, students, athletes, etc..

For all his failings as a head football coach, his predecessor had been an excellent recruiter, and many of his players were potential stars.
If you are underage, a military recruiter will require your parents' permission before you can enlist.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

recruiters

plural

Etymology

Origin of recruiter

recruit ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Explanation

A recruiter is someone whose job involves signing people up as members or hiring them for jobs. Sometimes company recruiters visit college campuses to talk to interested students. A recruiter for a large company might place advertisements for job openings and interview applicants, while a military recruiter works at an office where interested enlistees can sign up to join the armed services. If you work as a recruiter for your school's French club, it's your job to make the club look exciting and fun, and to sign up new members. The origin of recruiter can be traced back to the Latin crescere, "to grow."

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You can watch “The Virtual Recruiter for Individuals” online video for more information.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

Even Gong Yoo makes the most of his limited screen time as The Recruiter by shocking us with his aptitude to play demonic.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2024

Recruiter Hays estimates that most banking professionals in Saudi Arabia can earn roughly 20% more than their counterparts in Western financial centers.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2023

Among recently laid-off tech workers, nearly 40 percent found a job within one month and roughly 80 percent did so within three months, according to a Zip Recruiter report.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023

He certainly smelled like a Recruiter, Reynie thought, but for some reason he seemed un-Recruiter-like.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

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