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
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The British army and navy barely met 60 percent of their recruitment targets for the 2023-24 financial year and the nation's air force did not do much better.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Around 65% of job candidates are using AI at some point in the application process, according to the 2025 Market Trend Report from recruitment firm Career Group Companies.
—Ryan Johnston, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
The Veterans Employment Initiative was enacted by then-President Barack Obama to streamline and boost veteran recruitment and retention efforts across the government.
—Matt Brown The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025
After all, vacancies within a team mean that a significant amount of funding must be funneled toward recruitment and hiring strategies and adds to the workload of existing employees.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Around 65% of job candidates are using AI at some point in the application process, according to the 2025 Market Trend Report from recruitment firm Career Group Companies.
—Ryan Johnston, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
The Veterans Employment Initiative was enacted by then-President Barack Obama to streamline and boost veteran recruitment and retention efforts across the government.
—Matt Brown The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025
After all, vacancies within a team mean that a significant amount of funding must be funneled toward recruitment and hiring strategies and adds to the workload of existing employees.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
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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
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