recruiter

American  

[ri-kroo-ter] / rɪˈkru tər /

noun

• recruiters
  plural

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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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."

Example Sentences

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recruiter recruiters

Residents of Val Verde, a tiny town north of Los Angeles, claim Downtown LA Law Group used a cowboy recruiter to find plaintiffs for lawsuits against a local landfill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

In the last six years, Rogers said, he has done a handful of job interviews on his phone rather than his computer, and says no recruiter has ever criticized him for it.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Near Kitakami station, Noriyuki Takahashi, a 47-year-old recruiter, said work has been busy lately thanks to Kioxia.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

He left when he was in his late teens, to later return having built a career as a recruiter for a major German bank.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

A recruiter told him they were interested and that a good showing in the playoffs might cement a scholarship, and it was hard to think about anything else after that.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

Bosses and recruiters often write off frequent job hoppers as unreliable flight risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

That’s what happens when college recruiters discover someone with size, good footwork and the ability to improve.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Something I’ve heard over and over again from recruiters is that AI is useful, but only if a person demonstrates they have good judgment.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

One tool, she said, grades CVs from A to D, encouraging recruiters to prioritise higher-ranked candidates.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Code talkers were in such demand that recruiters were having a hard time finding enough qualified Navajos.

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

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