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recruitment

[ri-kroot-muhnt] / rɪˈkrut mənt /


NOUN
enlistment
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Facing tighter recruitment battles, private colleges are now advertising affordability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Betsi Cadwaladr health board, which covers one of the areas most affected by shortages, said recruitment was ongoing and, despite a substantial increase in demand for scans, reporting times had improved.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Director of football Jason Wilcox is thought to favour the 48-year-old, with director of recruitment Christopher Vivell preferring former Bayern Munich and Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

David Wain appears in a recruitment video as leader Noel Tannenbaum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

It was their first destination after Zosma, and so Lazlo’s first experience as the Godslayer’s secretary had been the recruitment of Ebliz Tod, builder of the Cloudspire, tallest structure in the world.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

Our aim is to decrease drastically the number of recruitments to this terrorist organization and to try and deprive it of funds so it will die.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 16, 2017

In the enforced leisure provided for him by the stoppage of compulsory recruitments, Eben McClure added to his knowledge.

From Patsy by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett


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