Recruitments

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The practice of seeking and obtaining new personnel for a group involves attracting, interviewing, and ultimately selecting suitable candidates for positions
2. Engaging in activities that focus on identifying and hiring new talent entails attracting applicants, conducting interviews, and choosing the best fit for roles
3. The act of searching for and hiring new workers, including attracting candidates and selecting appropriate individuals

Etymology: "Recruitments" is simply the plural of "recruitment," the noun for the act of hiring new workers. Its singular form was built in English from "recruit" plus the suffix "-ment," which turns a verb or noun into a noun naming an action or process, as in "treatment" or "payment." The base word "recruit" came into English from French, where "recrute" (later "recrue") meant a fresh addition to a group, and the military sense of a newly enlisted soldier followed from that. The noun "recruitment" itself was borrowed from French "recrutement," so English took the whole word from its French form and then attached the native-style ending to the stem. Because "recruitment" is an uncountable noun in most uses, its plural appears mainly when people compare several separate hiring drives or processes, such as "the company's recruitments over the past decade."

Synonyms: hiring, enlistment, recruiting, employment, staffing