Recruitings

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The process of enlisting individuals for a role or organization, typically involving selection and training
2. The act of attracting and engaging new members or employees into a group or business
3. The systematic approach to gathering and confirming potential candidates for positions or responsibilities within an entity

Etymology: "Recruitings" is the plural of "recruiting", so it is simply the form that counts multiple acts or instances of recruiting. The base word "recruiting" is the present participle and gerund of "recruit", which comes from the French "recrute", the past participle of "recruter", meaning to enlist new members or replace losses. The French verb itself is built on "recrue", a reinforcement or new enlistee, and it passed into English in the sense of a newly enlisted soldier before extending to the wider sense of bringing in new people for any organisation.

Synonyms: hirings, enlistments, enrollments, acquisitions

Antonyms: layoffs, dismissals, fires