recruited
Brought on board
Recruited is the past tense of recruit, meaning to enlist someone for a purpose—typically military service, employment, or membership in an organization.
She was recruited straight out of college.
The word implies active seeking: someone didn't just apply but was sought out and persuaded to join.
They recruited him to play for the team.
Signed up formally
- draftedEnlisted by requirement
- conscriptedInvoluntarily enlisted for duty
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- draftPreliminary version of text
bootcamp · barracks · infantry · regiment · platoon · brigade · soldier · cadet
Enlisted by requirement
- signedWrote one's name on
- scoutedExplored in advance
- scoutOne who reconnoiters
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
tryout · combine · scholarship · varsity · transfer · signing · team · coach
Given employment
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- applicantOne who formally requests
- headhunterOne who finds executives
- interviewFormal questioning session
job · position · vacancy · resume · onboarding · staffing · employer · company
Confessed or granted entry
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- enrolledFormally registered as participant
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
- graduateOne who earned degree
postdoc · researcher · faculty · fellowship · scholarship · university · program · department
enlisted
Signed up formally
- draftedEnlisted by requirement
- conscriptedInvoluntarily enlisted for duty
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
draft · bootcamp · barracks · infantry · regiment · platoon · brigade · soldier · cadet · officer
drafted
Enlisted by requirement
prospect · tryout · combine · scholarship · varsity · transfer · signing · team · coach · agent
hired
Given employment
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- applicantOne who formally requests
- headhunterOne who finds executives
interview · job · position · vacancy · resume · onboarding · staffing · employer · company · corporate
admitted
Confessed or granted entry
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- enrolledFormally registered as participant
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
graduate · postdoc · researcher · faculty · fellowship · scholarship · university · program · department · lab
inducted
Formally admitted to membership
pledged · member · chapter · fraternity · sorority · volunteer · activist · movement · cause · membership
- employment statushired, fired, employed, unemployed, retired
- statusstatus, prestige, ranking, reputation, elite
recruitedfired
Terminated from employment
dismissed · discharged · terminated · let go · laid off
recruiteddischarged
Officially let go
demobilized · mustered out · disbanded · decommissioned · cashiered
recruitedrejected
Refused or turned away
turned away · passed over · refused · excluded · unrecruited
- new recruitRecently enlisted person
- recruitment servicesStaffing assistance offerings
- fresh recruits
- recruitment driveCampaign to attract applicants
- military recruitmentAcquiring personnel for armed forces
- recruitment postersSigns urging people to enlist
recruit, recruitment, recruiting, recruits, recruiter, recruitable