Synonyms of recruiting

recruiting

verb

present participle of recruit

as in hiring

to provide with a paying job

thousands of recent immigrants were recruited to build the nation's rail system

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hiring
• employing
• engaging
• retaining
• paying
• enlisting
• placing
• signing (up or on)
• assuming
• taking on
• laying on
• feeing
• jobbing
• promoting
• partnering
• subcontracting
• contracting
• rehiring
• scouting
• upgrading
• reengaging
• reemploying
• keeping (on)
• apprenticing
• advancing
• headhunting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• firing
• dismissing
• discharging
• sacking
• canning
• laying off
• axing
• locking out
• furloughing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recruiting

Some teachers received more than $4,000 in bonuses for recruiting students for trips. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 June 2026

The group plans on recruiting 50,000 volunteers and is actively fundraising to pass the measure. — Ben Paviour july 2, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026

Now, the Twins run baseball operations and Masubuchi has retired from recruiting. — Anya Armentrout, Twin Cities, 4 July 2026

Yet Notre Dame’s encore performance doesn’t feel much different as the July recruiting dead period arrives. — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 1 July 2026

The gang members and associates allegedly focused on recruiting vulnerable minor girls and young women, many of whom came from broken homes or had fallen through the foster care system, Essayli said Wednesday. — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Russia is actively recruiting female university students for its new Unmanned Systems Forces, leveraging drone warfare's demand for technical skills over physical strength. — David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Allows high-school coaches to use their own money, up to $15,000 a year per team, on food, physical therapy and transportation — but not recruiting — for their players (SB 178). — Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026

Phase 3 Study 304 data in men is expected in the second half of 2026, and Phase 3 Study 306 in women is actively recruiting. — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026