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

As part of the residency, Valentina Maggi, director of design practice at the recruitment agency Floriane de St. Pierre et Associés, interviewed the 10, offering them a realistic perspective of how the industry works. —Gemma A. Williams, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025

The recruitment efforts, however, aren't limited to foreign entities and private companies. —Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2025

But the biggest impact of analytics in football is from a recruitment perspective. —Mark Carey, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025

What's new: There were a few new policies sprinkled throughout the speech: A new business recruitment office to fill vacant commercial office space. —Mike Deehan, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025

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