recruitment
recruitment — noun
1. the activity of looking for suitable people to fill job openings, join a team, o
the activity of looking for suitable people to fill job openings, join a team, or become members of a group or organization — for example, when a company posts job ads, interviews candidates, and offers someone a position.
Quinn joined the HR team to help with the recruitment of new engineers.
recruitment of + [role/type of staff]
The company's recruitment drive attracted over two hundred applicants last month.
recruitment drive (collocation)
Hoa found her first job through an online recruitment website.
The hospital paused all recruitment during the budget review.
Many firms now use social media as part of their recruitment strategy.
- hiring
more common in everyday business contexts; slightly less formal and narrower — usually for paid jobs only
- staffing
focuses on ensuring positions are filled with suitable personnel; often used in operations planning
- enlistment
restricted to military or armed forces contexts; carries a sense of voluntary sign-up
- recruiting
the gerund form of the verb; interchangeable with 'recruitment' in most contexts but feels more active/process-oriented
- layoffs
the opposite activity — letting staff go rather than bringing them in
- downsizing
reducing the workforce, often as a cost-cutting measure
- unemployment
the state that recruitment aims to reduce; not a direct opposite but closely linked
文法句型
recruitment of + [role/type of person]
recruitment + [noun: drive, process, agency, campaign]
adjective + recruitment (online recruitment, graduate recruitment)
用法筆記
Uncountable noun — do not use with 'a' or in plural form ('recruitments'). Frequently used in compounds such as 'recruitment agency', 'recruitment process', and 'recruitment fair'.