recruitment
Americannoun
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the act or process of recruiting.
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Physiology. an increase in the response to a stimulus owing to the activation of additional receptors, resulting from the continuous application of the stimulus with the same intensity.
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Etymology
Origin of recruitment
Explanation
Recruitment is the act of getting people to sign up for something, especially the military. If you've ever been recruited for something, then someone convinced you to do or join something. The person who convinced you was in the business of recruitment. Recruitment refers to everything people do to get others to join things, like the military. Colleges, sports teams, and businesses are all involved in recruitment when they are trying to attract new students, athletes, and employees. When recruitment is successful, people sign up and join.
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After such a poor return from their investment, it is perhaps no surprise that there was a shift in recruitment policy, as Chelsea switched their focus to signing younger players.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
For Maddison, her goal to end up in office-based work was clear to her from the beginning, so she approached Central Employment North East, a recruitment firm in Newcastle where her uncle was a partner.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
“While someone new makes memories in our home, we get to go and make some of our own,” said Leigh, who has worked in educational recruitment in London for more than 20 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
In one exchange from July 2014, Siad compared himself to a fisherman as he describes his recruitment activities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Your father means that the recruitment requirements are very strict.”
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
This year, the agency has offered extra pay to help entice retirement-eligible controllers to stay on, while raising wages for early-career employees and stepping up recruitments to the air-traffic-controller academy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
They are demanding that authorities resolve a number of issues, including the recruitments process and promotions.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
He built relationships by aiding players’ college recruitments — contacting coaches and driving players to colleges for camps and visits.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
Last year BBC Panorama exposed the organisation's recruitments efforts in the UK.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2021
By detours, by circuitous effort and happy accident, your troops may occasionally squeeze through: but without one secure road open behind them for supplies and recruitments, what good is it?
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 by Carlyle, Thomas
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