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recruitment

[ri-kroot-muhnt] / rɪˈkrut mənt /


NOUN
enlistment
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Employers should give candidates clear expectations, said Megan Slabinski, district president at recruitment agency Robert Half.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

RootsAction’s coalition partner in this initiative, Progressive Democrats of America, has a history of major success in candidate recruitment.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

China offers competitive advantages in drug development: Its trial sites recruit patients faster, helped by a unified state health system, high patient density near major hospitals and digital recruitment tools, experts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

An MOD spokesperson said: "The majority of these figures cover years before the substantial changes the government has made to remove over 100 outdated and unnecessary recruitment policies."

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

The special festivities held enough distractions, with so many people milling around the train depot, that no one noticed Ned Gillen at the army recruitment station, signing his name on the dotted line.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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

“When I got there, I saw banners advertising recruitments for the army. By then, I had spent so much time and money that I decided to join anyway,” he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024

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

But early on in their respective recruitments, both players had to fight the stigma associated with their lack of elite size.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2017

The sicknesses are ceasing; the recruitments are coming in: shortly all will be complete.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Thomas Carlyle




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