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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Foxconn generally outsources its recruitment of assembly-line workers to third-party vendors.
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Beth Greenfield, Fortune Asia, 2 July 2024
Constitution formation, humanitarian aid, healthcare and getting kids into activities to prevent gang recruitment at elementary school age also were discussed.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 29 June 2024
Last year, a video went viral on X, formerly Twitter, that gave a peek behind the curtain of Quickley’s recruitment.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2024
Ahead of November, the Democratic Party has promoted record candidate recruitment numbers and historic spending as indicators the country should prepare for a blue wave this election cycle.
—Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 June 2024
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Beth Greenfield, Fortune Asia, 2 July 2024
Constitution formation, humanitarian aid, healthcare and getting kids into activities to prevent gang recruitment at elementary school age also were discussed.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 29 June 2024
Last year, a video went viral on X, formerly Twitter, that gave a peek behind the curtain of Quickley’s recruitment.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2024
Ahead of November, the Democratic Party has promoted record candidate recruitment numbers and historic spending as indicators the country should prepare for a blue wave this election cycle.
—Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 June 2024
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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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