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

The significant time and effort involved makes most sense when recruiting, hiring, training, and mentoring large numbers for identical (or at least similar) jobs. — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Jones was instrumental in recruiting Venturini Fendi’s daughter, jewelry designer Delfina Delettrez Fendi, as Fendi’s artistic director of jewelry. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

In some cases, participants are encouraged to earn money by recruiting new customers or reselling the same course, creating an affiliate structure in which marketing the program becomes more lucrative than the cryptocurrency instruction itself. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Kiffin understands that excuses aren’t going to fly, even if some are valid about recruiting during a time when coaches were traveling back and forth from Oxford to Baton Rouge. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Employers would incur close to $1 billion in turnover costs nationally for recruiting and training replacements for TPS workers, according to Tess Petit, the executive director of the immigrant coalition. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026

But there’s also room for a couple of 3 stars, as the Super 11 is more about high school star power than recruiting ranking. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Graves said recruiting and retaining officers remains one of the biggest challenges facing whoever takes over for her, along with continuing to embrace technology and modern policing. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

At one point, the railroad even began recruiting workers directly from China. — Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026