Definition of Recruitment

1. Noun. The act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.).

Exact synonyms: Enlisting
Generic synonyms: Accomplishment, Achievement
Derivative terms: Enlist, Recruit, Recruit

Definition of Recruitment

1. n. The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army.

Definition of Recruitment

1. Noun. The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or of recruits for the armed forces ¹

2. Noun. A style or process of recruiting ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Recruitment

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Recruitment

1. The gradual increase to a maximum in a reflex when a stimulus of unaltered intensity is prolonged. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Recruitment

recrudescent
recrudescent typhus
recrudescent typhus fever
recrudesces
recrudescing
recruit
recruitable
recruited
recruitee
recruitees
recruiter
recruiters
recruiting
recruiting-sergeant
recruiting response
recruitment (current term)
recruitment detection
recruitment zone
recruitments
recruits
recrumple
recrumpled
recrumpling
recrystallisation
recrystallisations
recrystallise
recrystallised
recrystallises
recrystallising
recrystallization

Literary usage of Recruitment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Civilian Devastation: Abuses by All Parties in the War in Southern Sudan by Jemera Rone, John Prendergast, Karen Sorensen (1994)
"Only about 100 people remain in town; most have moved to rural areas."~ FORCED recruitment The SPLA has conducted forcible recruitment campaigns ..."

2. Drug Abuse Prevention for At-Risk Groups by Karol L. Kumpfer (1997)
"Some sites have made recruitment a major responsibility of a single staff member. ... Perhaps the most important recruitment tool is personal contacts with ..."

3. Peer Justice and Youth Empowerment: An Implementation Guide for Teen Court by Tracy M. Godwin, David J. Steinhart, Betsy A. Fulton (1997)
"Developing a recruitment Plan Programs should strive to recruit and secure participation from volunteers of all social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds. ..."

4. Adult Literacy And New Technologies: Tools For A Lifetime by Office of Technology Assessment (1994)
"recruitment and retention go hand in hand because the same problems that keep learners from entering programs in the first place resurface as factors ..."

5. Angola: Arms Trade and Violations of the Laws of War Since the 1992 by Arms Project (Human Rights Watch), Human Rights Watch/Africa (1994)
"Human Rights Watch opposes recruitment of anyone under the age of eighteen. ... However, it is clear that involuntary recruitment of children and teenagers ..."

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