recruit
verb /rɪˈkruːt/
/rɪˈkruːt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they recruit | /rɪˈkruːt/ /rɪˈkruːt/ |
| he / she / it recruits | /rɪˈkruːts/ /rɪˈkruːts/ |
| past simple recruited | /rɪˈkruːtɪd/ /rɪˈkruːtɪd/ |
| past participle recruited | /rɪˈkruːtɪd/ /rɪˈkruːtɪd/ |
| -ing form recruiting | /rɪˈkruːtɪŋ/ /rɪˈkruːtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to find new people to join a company, an organization, the armed forces, etc.
- recruit (somebody) The police are trying to recruit more officers from ethnic minorities.
- He's responsible for recruiting at all levels.
- recruit somebody to something They recruited several new members to the club.
- recruit somebody to do something They recruited more staff to deal with the complaints.
Collocations JobsJobsGetting a job- look for work
- look for/apply for/go for a job
- get/pick up/complete/fill out/ (British English) fill in an application (form)
- send/email your (British English) CV/(North American English) résumé/application/application form/covering letter
- be called for/have/attend an interview
- offer somebody a job/work/employment/promotion
- find/get/land a job
- employ/ (especially North American English) hire/recruit/ (especially British English) take on staff/workers/trainees
- recruit/appoint a manager
- arrive at/get to/leave work/the office/the factory
- start/finish work/your shift
- do/put in/work overtime
- have/gain/get/lack/need experience/qualifications
- do/get/have/receive training
- learn/pick up/improve/develop (your) skills
- cope with/manage/share/spread the workload
- improve your/achieve a better work-life balance
- have (no) job satisfaction/job security
- have a job/work/a career/a vocation
- find/follow/pursue/ (especially North American English) live (out) your vocation
- enter/go into/join a profession
- choose/embark on/start/begin/pursue a career
- change jobs/profession/career
- be/ (both especially British English) work/go freelance
- do/take on temp work/freelance work
- do/be engaged in/be involved in voluntary work
- leave/ (especially North American English) quit/resign from your job
- give up work/your job/your career
- hand in your notice/resignation
- plan to/be due to retire in June/next year, etc.
- take early retirement
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justiceb2, War and conflictb2, Working lifeb2- A hundred patients were recruited for the study.
- GM recruited heavily in the South.
- Most of the workers will be recruited locally.
- Peter Watson has been recruited as Sales Manager.
- Senior managers are being aggressively recruited by companies.
- She personally recruited the teachers.
- Soldiers were recruited from the local villages.
- Some of the men were recruited into the army.
- Staff were recruited specially for the event.
- Ten new members were recruited to the committee.
- The specialist institutions directly recruit their own staff.
- a drive to recruit and retain federal employees
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- actively
- aggressively
- …
- need to
- seek to
- try to
- …
- as
- for
- from
- …
- newly recruited
- recently recruited
- recruit and retain somebody
- …
- [transitive] recruit somebody to do something to persuade somebody to do something, especially to help you
- We were recruited to help peel the vegetables.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- actively
- aggressively
- …
- need to
- seek to
- try to
- …
- as
- for
- from
- …
- newly recruited
- recently recruited
- recruit and retain somebody
- …
- [transitive] recruit something to form a new army, team, etc. by persuading new people to join it
- to recruit a task force
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the senses ‘fresh body of troops’ and ‘supplement the numbers in a group’): from obsolete French dialect recrute, based on Latin recrescere ‘grow again’, from re- ‘again’ + crescere ‘grow’.