recruitment

recruit +‎ -ment. French recrutement.

recruitment (countable and uncountable, plural recruitments)

1. The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.
2. A style or process of recruiting.
   • 2009, January 7, “Pete Thamel”, in Tebow and Bradford: Different Ways to Reach Summit‎:

     Tebow's and Bradford's production and leadership are undeniable, but their recruitments, offenses and personalities are vastly different.

3. (biology, ecology) The addition of new recruits to a population.
4. (physiology) The full aeration of a lung.

• derecruitment
• hyperrecruitment
• overrecruitment
• underrecruitment

• recruiter