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recruitment

[ri-kroot-muhnt] / rɪˈkrut mənt /


NOUN
enlistment
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Flores worked in a recruitment division, which handles job applications from aspiring officers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

“AI is pushing out résumés that all look the same,” said Richard King, who runs a Los Angeles-based corporate recruitment company.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

In real life, virtual recruitment is the hiring norm, people are dressing more casually, posting about their jobs on TikTok and prioritizing work-life balance.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Evidently, Old Trafford's recruitment plans are now being controlled to a far tighter degree than was previously the case.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

At least one guy, usually more, filmed the games for the purpose of recruitment.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

This year, the agency has offered extra pay to help entice retirement-eligible controllers to stay on, while raising wages for early-career employees and stepping up recruitments to the air-traffic-controller academy.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 20, 2025

He built relationships by aiding players’ college recruitments — contacting coaches and driving players to colleges for camps and visits.

From Washington Post Sep. 9, 2022

Last year BBC Panorama exposed the organisation's recruitments efforts in the UK.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2021

But early on in their respective recruitments, both players had to fight the stigma associated with their lack of elite size.

From Seattle Times Oct. 27, 2017

In spite of the obvious failure of the autumnal campaign, the cause of the knighthood did not by any means look irretrievably desperate, since there was always the possibility of successful recruitments the following spring.

From German Culture Past and Present by Ernest Belfort Bax




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