Recruit
noun
A new member of an organization or a team.
Our team needs a new recruit to help with the project.
Often appears as...
- new recruit
- fresh recruit
verb
To find new people to join a company, an organization, or an army.
The army is recruiting new soldiers this month.
Often appears as...
- recruit someone
- recruit new members
verb
To get the help or support of someone or something.
We need to recruit more volunteers for the charity event.
Often appears as...
- recruit help
- recruit support
noun
A new member of an organization or a team.
Our team needs a new recruit to help with the project.
Often appears as...
- new recruit
- fresh recruit
verb
To find new people to join a company, an organization, or an army.
The army is recruiting new soldiers this month.
Often appears as...
- recruit someone
- recruit new members
verb
To get the help or support of someone or something.
We need to recruit more volunteers for the charity event.
Often appears as...
- recruit help
- recruit support
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Organizational Context
Used when an individual joins a group, like a company or sports team.
The football team unveiled their latest recruit yesterday.
Pro Tip 2/3Beginning Stage
Implies that the recruit is probably new to the field or activity.
As the newest recruit, he's learning the ropes.
Pro Tip 3/3Learning Phase
Suggests the person is in an initial period of learning and adaptation.
She's not just a recruit; she's a future leader in training.
Pro Tip 1/3Organizational Context
Used when an individual joins a group, like a company or sports team.
The football team unveiled their latest recruit yesterday.
Pro Tip 2/3Beginning Stage
Implies that the recruit is probably new to the field or activity.
As the newest recruit, he's learning the ropes.
Pro Tip 3/3Learning Phase
Suggests the person is in an initial period of learning and adaptation.
She's not just a recruit; she's a future leader in training.
Pro Tip 1/3Organizational Context
Used when an individual joins a group, like a company or sports team.
The football team unveiled their latest recruit yesterday.
Pro Tip 2/3Beginning Stage
Implies that the recruit is probably new to the field or activity.
As the newest recruit, he's learning the ropes.
Pro Tip 3/3Learning Phase
Suggests the person is in an initial period of learning and adaptation.
She's not just a recruit; she's a future leader in training.
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Video examples
Julian Baggini: Is there...
A lot of companies use these for recruitment. You answer a lot of questions, and this is supposed to reveal something about your core personality. And of course, the popular fascination with this is enormous. In magazines like this, you'll see, in the bottom left corner, they'll advertise in virtually every issue
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An inside look at...
mistake I wanted to give a character reference for the family's good family but it was out of their hands it was in the courts but of course after that phone call an hour later I was sitting across the table from an intelligence agent intelligence officer who of course recruited me to become an undercover
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Adam Garone: Healthier...
and they come together each year and identify the number one priority, and that, last year, was getting a better screening test. So they identified that as a priority, and then they've got and recruited now 300 researchers from around the world that are studying that topic,
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How to spot a pyramid...
a common type of fraud where members make money by recruiting more people to buy in. Typically, the founder solicits an initial group of people to buy in and promote the scheme. They are then encouraged to recruit others and promised part of the money those people invest,
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Why do people join...
A typical cult requires a high level of commitment from its members and maintains a strict hierarchy, separating unsuspecting supporters and recruits from the inner workings. It claims to provide answers to life's biggest questions through its doctrine,
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Skinheads Recruiting...
leaving behind the conventional uniform they've learned to blend into mainstream society to attract new recruits you know we had a run with the skinhead thing and it was fun but then i said well it's time you know go to college get a good education
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Do we really need...
has marked agriculture's long history. Records from thousands of years ago suggest that humans actively burned some of their crops after harvest to rid them of pests. There's even evidence from ancient times that we recruited other insects to help.
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The microbial jungles...
and play a critical role within the global ecosystem that supports all larger organisms, including us. They produce much of the oxygen we breath, and are recruited to clean up environmental pollution, like oil spills, or to treat our waste water.
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How Ants are Used in...
mr. boon Chu has recruited this army of miniature warriors to defend his fruit they'll eat any pests and by tying these strings between mango trees mr. boon Chu helps the ants get to new foraging
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Why Gender Equality Is...
I'm here to recruit men to support gender equality. Wait, wait. What?
Video examples
Julian Baggini: Is there...
A lot of companies use these for recruitment. You answer a lot of questions, and this is supposed to reveal something about your core personality. And of course, the popular fascination with this is enormous. In magazines like this, you'll see, in the bottom left corner, they'll advertise in virtually every issue
Video examples
An inside look at...
mistake I wanted to give a character reference for the family's good family but it was out of their hands it was in the courts but of course after that phone call an hour later I was sitting across the table from an intelligence agent intelligence officer who of course recruited me to become an undercover
Video examples
Adam Garone: Healthier...
and they come together each year and identify the number one priority, and that, last year, was getting a better screening test. So they identified that as a priority, and then they've got and recruited now 300 researchers from around the world that are studying that topic,
Video examples
How to spot a pyramid...
a common type of fraud where members make money by recruiting more people to buy in. Typically, the founder solicits an initial group of people to buy in and promote the scheme. They are then encouraged to recruit others and promised part of the money those people invest,
Video examples
Why do people join...
A typical cult requires a high level of commitment from its members and maintains a strict hierarchy, separating unsuspecting supporters and recruits from the inner workings. It claims to provide answers to life's biggest questions through its doctrine,
Video examples
Skinheads Recruiting...
leaving behind the conventional uniform they've learned to blend into mainstream society to attract new recruits you know we had a run with the skinhead thing and it was fun but then i said well it's time you know go to college get a good education
Video examples
Do we really need...
has marked agriculture's long history. Records from thousands of years ago suggest that humans actively burned some of their crops after harvest to rid them of pests. There's even evidence from ancient times that we recruited other insects to help.
Video examples
The microbial jungles...
and play a critical role within the global ecosystem that supports all larger organisms, including us. They produce much of the oxygen we breath, and are recruited to clean up environmental pollution, like oil spills, or to treat our waste water.
Video examples
How Ants are Used in...
mr. boon Chu has recruited this army of miniature warriors to defend his fruit they'll eat any pests and by tying these strings between mango trees mr. boon Chu helps the ants get to new foraging
Video examples
Why Gender Equality Is...
I'm here to recruit men to support gender equality. Wait, wait. What?
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Quote examples
Forest Whitaker
American Actor
When we talk about the issue of child soldiers, it can be easy to focus just on ending recruitment and liberating those boys and girls who are currently being held in military camps. Obviously, both of these are incredibly important goals, but it's also essential that we not forget about former child soldiers once they are liberated.
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Jordan Rodgers
American Athlete
Having my name kind of pop out on a page more so than other people helped in recruiting, helped in a lot of different areas. But when it comes down to it and you're talking about professional football - you can either play, or you can't. They don't care what your last name is at the end of the day.
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Nick Saban
American Coach
I don't know if I'm different from everybody else, but there's really only two things to me that are really, really important - recruiting good players in the program and developing those players once they get here.
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Jill Ellis
British Coach
When all is said and done, I always used to say this to recruits: 'I don't remember one goal I scored. I don't remember one result. I just remember the people that touched my life and that connected with me.
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John Calipari
American Coach
If you recruit a kid, and you're promising him the world, how in the world are you going to coach him in that short a period of time to do that?
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Kyle Lowry
American Athlete
You have to be able to wake up every day and be happy with what your decision in life is, and that's why I never recruit.
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Jim Boeheim
American Coach
I think we can benefit from being in the ACC. It's a great basketball league. If anything, it helps our recruiting.
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James Wolfensohn
Australian Businessman
The poor people of the world tend to be the places that al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups can recruit.
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Bret Bielema
American Coach
I have cooked for a recruit. The biggest recruit of my life: my wife.
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Mark Esper
American Public Servant
I raised the standards on recruiting.
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Forest Whitaker
American Actor
When we talk about the issue of child soldiers, it can be easy to focus just on ending recruitment and liberating those boys and girls who are currently being held in military camps. Obviously, both of these are incredibly important goals, but it's also essential that we not forget about former child soldiers once they are liberated.
Quote examples
Jordan Rodgers
American Athlete
Having my name kind of pop out on a page more so than other people helped in recruiting, helped in a lot of different areas. But when it comes down to it and you're talking about professional football - you can either play, or you can't. They don't care what your last name is at the end of the day.
Quote examples
Nick Saban
American Coach
I don't know if I'm different from everybody else, but there's really only two things to me that are really, really important - recruiting good players in the program and developing those players once they get here.
Quote examples
Jill Ellis
British Coach
When all is said and done, I always used to say this to recruits: 'I don't remember one goal I scored. I don't remember one result. I just remember the people that touched my life and that connected with me.
Quote examples
John Calipari
American Coach
If you recruit a kid, and you're promising him the world, how in the world are you going to coach him in that short a period of time to do that?
Quote examples
Kyle Lowry
American Athlete
You have to be able to wake up every day and be happy with what your decision in life is, and that's why I never recruit.
Quote examples
Jim Boeheim
American Coach
I think we can benefit from being in the ACC. It's a great basketball league. If anything, it helps our recruiting.
Quote examples
James Wolfensohn
Australian Businessman
The poor people of the world tend to be the places that al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups can recruit.
Quote examples
Bret Bielema
American Coach
I have cooked for a recruit. The biggest recruit of my life: my wife.
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Mark Esper
American Public Servant
I raised the standards on recruiting.
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