recruitment

English

Etymology

recruit +‎ -ment. French recrutement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɪˈkruːt.mənt /

Noun

recruitment (countable and uncountable, plural recruitments)

1. The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.
   • 2019 October, Rhodri Clark, “TfW seeks PRM derogation for Class 37 sets”, in Modern Railways, page 87:

     'The recruitment of 72 new drivers means that we will have the resource to deliver additional services' said the spokesman.

2. A style or process of recruiting.
   • 2009, January 7, “Pete Thamel”, in Tebow and Bradford: Different Ways to Reach Summit‎^[1]:

     Tebow's and Bradford's production and leadership are undeniable, but their recruitments, offenses and personalities are vastly different.

3. (biology, ecology) The addition of new recruits to a population.
4. (physiology) The full aeration of a lung.
5. (medicine) A physical condition of the inner ear that leads to reduced tolerance of loudness, commonly occurring in those with hearing loss due to cochlear damage.

Derived terms

• derecruitment
• hyperrecruitment
• overrecruitment
• underrecruitment

Related terms

• recruiter

Translations

process or art of finding candidates or recruits

• Catalan: reclutament
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 招聘 (zh) (zhāopìn), 招收 (zh) (zhāoshōu)

• Dutch: werving (nl)
• Estonian: värbamine
• Finnish: rekrytointi (fi), värväys (fi)
• French: recrutement (fr) m
• Galician: recrutamento (gl) m
• Georgian: გაწვევა (gac̣veva), დაკომპლექტება (daḳomṗlekṭeba), რეკრუტირება (reḳruṭireba)
• German: Rekrutierung (de) f
• Greek: στρατολόγηση (el) f (stratológisi)
• Hungarian: toborzás (hu)
• Irish: earcaíocht f

• Italian: reclutamento (it) m
• Japanese: 募集 (ja) (ぼしゅう, boshū)
• Latin: conquīsītiō f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rekruttering m or f

  Nynorsk: rekruttering f

• Polish: rekrutacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: recrutamento (pt)
• Russian: вербо́вка (ru) f (verbóvka), набо́р (ru) m (nabór), наём (ru) m (najóm)
• Spanish: reclutamiento (es)
• Swedish: rekrytering (sv)
• Tagalog: pagsungko