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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Morello said the uphill recruitment battle is further complicated by the inherent risk — albeit unlikely in Connecticut — of being killed in the line of duty.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
That means building or supporting recruitment pipelines—like the McNair Scholars Program, Científico Latino, The Ph.D. Project, and Leadership Brainery.
—Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Holding more than one job might be legal, but some people like Lewis Maleh, CEO of executive recruitment agency Bentley Lewis, don’t recommend people emulate the behavior.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2025
Without telling local sheriffs in advance, ICE officials directly emailed recruitment offers to hundreds of deputies across the country.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
That means building or supporting recruitment pipelines—like the McNair Scholars Program, Científico Latino, The Ph.D. Project, and Leadership Brainery.
—Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Holding more than one job might be legal, but some people like Lewis Maleh, CEO of executive recruitment agency Bentley Lewis, don’t recommend people emulate the behavior.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2025
Without telling local sheriffs in advance, ICE officials directly emailed recruitment offers to hundreds of deputies across the country.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 2 Aug. 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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