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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Carlos Ortiz Jr. has worked as a recruiter for the Marines in recent months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

"Don't waltz into your interview all casual with an iced coffee, it just looks like you didn't have time to finish your coffee beforehand," said US recruiter Caitlin Wehniainen.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

“I’ve worked with clients this year who chose a lower salary because the role felt more stable,” Chelsea Jay, a recruiter and professional career coach at ResumeCoach, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Kinney, the recruiter, said Aiello’s presence made it hard to hire new partners for Weil’s Texas office, a major initiative for the firm, after prospects cited concerns about working in his shadow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

So the three of us went down there together, just to look at that recruiter.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

Others are carefully mentioning the offer on their updated résumés to clarify to recruiters why they are looking for positions on short notice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

“The time that recruiters get back to you, if it is a real job, is weeks,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

He adds this is a problem because recruiters are seeing all CVs look the same because "they're all written by AI, or polished by AI".

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Overdeck’s team of modelers and Siegel’s team of engineers bickered over how the bonus pool would be divided and which group’s job openings would take priority among Two Sigma’s recruiters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Students are taking brochures off tables, watching short videos, talking to recruiters from various schools and local businesses.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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