noun
recruitment
rih-KROOT-muhnt
noun
1
The process of finding and hiring people for jobs or enlisting them into an organization.
"The firm outsourced its recruitment to a specialist agency."
"Military recruitment rose sharply during the war."
How to Use Recruitment
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishFinding and signing people up, whether for a job, a team, or the military.
Common pairings
recruitment agency
recruitment drive
staff recruitment
Word Forms
recruitments plural
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Etymology
From recruit plus the suffix -ment.