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

Along with leaders from finance, labor, philanthropy, venture capital, technology, and other industries, we have been tasked to help grow the AI ecosystem in New York responsibly, embracing diverse education, recruitment, and hiring. —Tarika Barrett, New York Daily News, 17 July 2024

Reports over time suggest that up to 85% of clinical trials don’t meet their recruitment goals and up to 80% are delayed due to recruitment challenges. —Robert Metcalf and Jeffrey Francer, STAT, 10 July 2024

Through it, McKnight will advise staff members from the College of Education and focus on core issues affecting public education, including teacher recruitment and retention. —Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 9 July 2024

My ideal budget would redirect those dollars to actual public safety — recruitment, retention, and training of sheriff’s deputies and corrections officers. —Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 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