recruiter

American  

[ri-kroo-ter] / rɪˈkru tər /

noun

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of recruiter

recruit ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Omar says a recruiter there had offered the men what they understood to be civilian work guarding oil facilities in Russia.

From BBC

Economic uncertainties are driving down cybersecurity hiring, stretching security teams thin amid a proliferation of data breaches, phishing and ransomware attacks, enterprise technology leaders and recruiters say.

From The Wall Street Journal

Elite colleges are back at the top of the list for company recruiters.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, recruiters will use AI to find students on noncore campuses who have similar profiles to McKinsey’s star hires, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

County facilities said recruiters paid them to file a lawsuit, including four who said they were told to fabricate claims.

From Los Angeles Times

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