recruitment
Finding new employees
Recruitment is the process of finding and enlisting people for a job, organization, or cause.
Companies engage in recruitment to fill positions; militaries conduct recruitment drives to enlist soldiers.
The word often implies active effort to attract candidates: The firm's recruitment of top graduates is aggressive.
In biology, recruitment describes how new individuals join a population.
Unoccupied space or position
- interviewFormal questioning session
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- applicationFormal request document
- resumeCareer summary document
position · headhunter · qualifications · applicant · screening · shortlist · referral · posting
Voluntary entry into service
- draftPreliminary version of text
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- armyOrganized land-based military
- navyMaritime military force
airforce · marines · reserves · bootcamp · oath · swearing-in · cadet · reenlistment
Power to act
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- workforceAll available workers
- tempProvisional worker, briefly
- contractorHired construction professional
outsourcing · manpower · resourcing · consultant · billable · bench · requisition · turnover
Organize for action
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- organizePut into systematic order
- movementChange in position
rally · grassroots · coalition · outreach · canvass · signup · membership · door-to-door
Position relative to surroundings
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- inductionFormal admission process
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
handbook · probationary · familiarization · integration · briefing · acclimatization · ramp-up · checklist
vacancy
Unoccupied space or position
- interviewFormal questioning session
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- applicationFormal request document
resume · position · headhunter · qualifications · applicant · screening · shortlist · referral · posting
enlistment
Voluntary entry into service
- draftPreliminary version of text
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- armyOrganized land-based military
navy · airforce · marines · reserves · bootcamp · oath · swearing-in · cadet · reenlistment · signup
agency
Power to act
contractor · outsourcing · manpower · resourcing · consultant · billable · bench · requisition · turnover
mobilize
Organize for action
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- organizePut into systematic order
movement · rally · grassroots · coalition · outreach · canvass · signup · membership · door-to-door · petition
orientation
Position relative to surroundings
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- inductionFormal admission process
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
mentorship · handbook · probationary · familiarization · integration · briefing · acclimatization · ramp-up · checklist
- Sports Developmentcoaching, training camps, youth leagues, practice drills, skill building
- hiring termshiring, staffing, talent acquisition, job openings, job creation
- job market termsjob market, hiring trends, job growth, job outlook, employment trends
- business activitiesmeetings, meeting, hiring, firing, training
- HR actionshiring, firing, layoff, promotion, demotion
- rural schoolsrural school, small class sizes, rural district, one-room schools, one-room school
recruitmenttermination
Act of ending something
dismissal · firing · layoff · discharge · redundancy
recruitmentrejection
Denial of acceptance
refusal · turning away · exclusion · disqualification · denial
recruitmentdownsizing
Reducing workforce or scale
workforce reduction · layoffs · cutbacks · retrenchment · headcount reduction
- recruitment servicesStaffing assistance offerings
- recruitment driveCampaign to attract applicants
- military recruitmentAcquiring personnel for armed forces
- recruitment postersSigns urging people to enlist
- recruitment officeFacility for military enrollment
- recruitment centerFacility for enlisting personnel