recruitment

noun

re·​cruit·​ment ri-ˈkrüt-mənt 

1

: the action or process of recruiting

2

: the process of adding new individuals to a population or subpopulation (as of breeding or legally catchable individuals) by growth, reproduction, immigration, and stocking

also : a measure (as in numbers or biomass) of recruitment

Examples of recruitment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But as the company looked to meet its growing demand for talent, traditional recruitment methods weren’t yielding the number, quality, or diversity of candidates Giant Noise required to serve a multicultural Texas client base or reach a national consumer audience. —Christine Y. Cruzvergara, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024

Many workers went into debt paying recruitment fees, travel expenses, visa costs and other expenses necessary to obtain their work permits, the lawsuit states. —Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2024

Briefly tell us about their history, ideology, and recruitment. —Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024

Out of recognition that families are already burdened by high costs and can’t afford to pay much more for child care, states like North Carolina, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Maine, and Tennessee have introduced wage supplement programs to boost child care teacher recruitment, retention, and quality. —Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 28 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1793, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

recruitment

noun

re·​cruit·​ment ri-ˈkrüt-mənt 

1

: the increase in intensity of a reflex when the initiating stimulus is prolonged without alteration of intensity due to the activation of increasing numbers of motor neurons compare reinforcement

2

: an abnormally rapid increase in the sensation of loudness with increasing sound intensity that occurs in deafness of neural origin and especially in neural deafness of the aged in which soft sounds may be completely inaudible while louder sounds are distressingly loud