recruitment

[ ri-kroot-muh nt ]

/ rɪˈkrut mənt /

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noun

the act or process of recruiting.

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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Origin of recruitment

First recorded in 1815–25; recruit + -ment

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Examples from the Web for recruitment

And really, recruitment is more of a European problem than an American one.
What the U.S. Can Learn from Europe About Dealing with Terrorists|Scott Beauchamp|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As the recruitment process begins, the question of motivation could also prove to be a hurdle.
U.S. Hasn’t Even Started Training Rebel Army to Fight ISIS|Tim Mak|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Congress authorized the train-and-equip mission in mid-September, but two months later, recruitment has not even begun.
U.S. Hasn’t Even Started Training Rebel Army to Fight ISIS|Tim Mak|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Four, the recruitment by the Republicans of affable-seeming candidates who had some discipline drilled into them.
The Real Reason Democrats Lost|Michael Tomasky|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Other countries will be identified and recruitment efforts put in place once we launch our new honors program fall 2015.
Ebola Racism Reaches a New Low in Texas|Abby Haglage|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The assignment policies and recruitment practices of the corps were the inevitable result of its segregation policy.
Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965|Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
This process of winnowing was of course counterbalanced by another of recruitment.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Service in National Guard compulsory; regular army supplied by recruitment.
Alden's Handy Atlas of the World|John B. Alden
The German method of recruitment is simply perfect, and there is no good reason why we should not follow it substantially.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete|William T. Sherman
In Ceylon there is no system of recruitment like that for the Assam tea-gardens.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3|Various