What does Recruitment mean?

Definitions for Recruitment
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. recruitment, enlistingnoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. recruitmentnoun

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

  2. recruitmentnoun

    A style or process of recruiting

  3. Etymology: (French: recrutement)

Wikipedia

  1. Recruitment

    Recruitment is the overall process of identifying, sourcing, screening, shortlisting, and interviewing candidates for jobs (either permanent or temporary) within an organization. Recruitment also is the process involved in choosing people or unpaid roles. Managers, human resource generalists and recruitment specialists may be tasked with carrying out recruitment, but in some cases public-sector employment, commercial recruitment agencies, or specialist search consultancies are used to undertake parts of the process. Internet-based technologies which enhance all aspects of recruitment have become widespread, including the use of artificial intelligence (AI).

ChatGPT

  1. recruitment

    Recruitment refers to the process of identifying, attracting, screening, shortlisting, and selecting qualified candidates for job vacancies within an organization. This could involve various strategies like job postings, career fairs, or sourcing candidates through digital platforms. The objective is to find and hire the right individuals who possess the skills, qualifications, and experience best suited for the job.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Recruitmentnoun

    the act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army

Wikidata

  1. Recruitment

    Recruitment refers to the process of attracting, screening, selecting, and onboarding a qualified person for a job. At the strategic level it may involve the development of an employer brand which includes an 'employee offering'. The stages of the recruitment process include: job analysis and developing a person specification; the sourcing of candidates by networking, advertising, or other search methods; matching candidates to job requirements and screening individuals using testing; assessment of candidates' motivations and their fit with organisational requirements by interviewing and other assessment techniques. The recruitment process also includes the making and finalising of job offers and the induction and onboarding of new employees. Depending on the size and culture of the organisation recruitment may be undertaken in-house by managers, human resource generalists and / or recruitment specialists. Alternatively parts of all of the process might be undertaken by either public sector employment agencies, or commercial recruitment agencies, or specialist search consultancies.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. recruitment

    The act or business of recruiting or raising new supplies of men for an army.

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Recruitment' in Nouns Frequency: #2203

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Recruitment in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Recruitment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Recruitment in a Sentence

  1. Tom Jackson:

    However, the general social acceptance of hate and violence toward any and all law enforcement recently has created such an unpredictable and uncontrollable threat to our lives, many feel it is not a good career to be involved in. Statistics show the number of police officers feloniously killed in the line of duty had been on a downward trajectory since 1970. This year, cop deaths are up more than 50 percent, and the victims in Dallas, Baton Rouge and other cases were targeted for assassination rather than killed in the process of confronting dangerous criminals. According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, the number of officers fatally shot is already up 56 percent compared with last year. One person who is all too familiar with race-related riots and police problems is Tom Jackson, former police chief in Ferguson, Mo. The shooting of cops is going to hurt recruitment badly, how can you convince people to come to the profession, or stay in the profession, when hundreds of people are in front of them threatening to rape their grandkids ? Now officers' spouses and children are seeing cops going down and they are begging their loved ones to get out of the force or not sign up as planned, added Tom Jackson, who retired in March, 2015. According to Tom Jackson, Tom Jackson former department is still rocked by the heavy riots and remains 17 officers short – dropping from a full strength of 55 in Tom Jackson time to 38 now.

  2. Deputy President William Ruto:

    There is radicalization by extremist elements in the camp, especially of young people, their recruitment into terror networks, including al Shabaab and al Qaeda, is a threat to the world ... The route to (Islamic State) is established.

  3. Adam Marshall:

    Political inaction has already had economic consequences, with many firms hitting the brakes on investment and recruitment decisions, worse still, some companies have moved investment and growth plans as part of their contingency preparations. Some of this investment may never come back to the UK.

  4. Ajai Sahni:

    These youngsters are likely self-radicalized over the Internet and do not have necessary linkages to established terrorist formations for recruitment, and therefore seek to give positive proof of their commitment.

  5. Adam Meyers:

    He wasn't a serious threat. He was most likely a nuisance hacker, it was his involvement in recruitment, communications and other ancillary support that would have made him a target.

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