The recruitment of workers, soldiers, or members is the act or process of selecting them for an organization or army and persuading them to join.
...the examination system for the recruitment of civil servants. [+ of]
...a crisis in teacher recruitment.
Examples of 'recruitment' in a sentence
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There is no such protection during the recruitment process.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The agency has held public recruitment drives before but this is the first to be directed atwomen.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
That much was apparent in their recruitment drives over the summer and it was certainly apparent in their team selections last night.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
THE Army is facing a recruitment crisis after a drive to swell the ranks proved a huge flop.
The Sun (2017)
Head teacher recruitment is said to be a particular problem for secondary schools, especially in deprived parts of England.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They are terrified of plunging themselves into another recruitment process, after the fiasco of the one which yielded Allardyce.
The Sun (2016)
This is the flipside of the army recruitment campaign.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The recruitment process has been really successful and all managers and team leaders have now been placed.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They are on a recruitment drive to hire staff for their restaurant and delivery businesses.
The Sun (2013)
So the recruitment of foreign teachers is not enough to fill gaps?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The recruitment crisis needs to be tackled with urgency and fresh thinking.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They used it to boost morale at home and encourage army recruitment.
The Sun (2014)
The gruelling recruitment process takes up to nine months and is in itself a measure of commitment.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The spy agency has received widespread publicity on social media for its unorthodox recruitment drive.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Simultaneously there has also been a quiet revolution in the recruitment of teachers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The police force is suffering a recruitment crisis.
The Sun (2006)
The film is unlikely to help army recruitment efforts.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The recruitment drive also carries the threat of force.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Ministers attempted to address the recruitment crisis in their action plan yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We have had a surge of inquiries to our teacher recruitment website since the credit crunch hit last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The single biggest group is 17 recruitment firms.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He had been working as a recruitment consultant and a freelance cricket coach in London.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
As a recruitment consultant, her career has been badly hit by the economic downturn.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Let's begin by considering some important legal issues in the recruitment process.
A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments,Functions
Recruitment through media advertisements, local youth cadet forces or army recruitment offices rather than the pub.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Labour can't bleat about unfairness if recruitment processes are fair and open.
The Sun (2016)
Universities are also mounting recruitment drives in India.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I now work as a recruitment consultant.
The Sun (2011)
Recruitment consultants have the next best, then researchers, advertising staff and accountants.
The Sun (2008)
It cites the economic downturn and the election of the nation's first African-American president as potential "drivers" for recruitment by rightwing groups.
Christianity Today (2000)
In other languages
recruitment
British English: recruitment /rɪˈkruːtmənt/ NOUN
The recruitment of workers, soldiers, or members is the act or process of selecting them for an organization or army and persuading them to join.
The company has embarked on a major recruitment drive.