# recruitment

Pronunciation: US say "ri-KROOT-muhnt" /ɹɪˈkɹutmənt/; UK

## Noun

1. The work or skill involved in seeking people for an organization's jobs or for military service.
   - Simple: The work of finding new people to fill jobs or to join the armed forces.
   - _The firm overhauled its recruitment after struggling to fill technical positions._
   - _Wartime recruitment brought thousands of young men into the army._
2. The particular style or method by which recruiting is carried out.
   - Simple: A particular way of finding and signing up new people.
   - _The charity favors gentle recruitment, letting volunteers come to it over time._
   - _Aggressive recruitment on campus drew complaints from several students._
3. In ecology, the joining of a population by individuals newly reaching adulthood or breeding age.
   - Simple: The adding of new grown animals to a population once they are old enough to breed.
   - _Biologists tracked recruitment in the cod stock over a decade._
   - _Low recruitment among the songbirds signaled trouble for the species._
4. The complete aeration of a lung, when it fills fully with air.
   - Simple: The filling of a lung completely with air.
   - _Physical therapists encourage deep breathing to promote lung recruitment after surgery._
   - _Adequate recruitment ensures the lower lobes fill with air during each breath._
5. The opening of collapsed lung air sacs through a controlled rise in pressure delivered by mechanical ventilation, used to treat ARDS.
   - Simple: The opening of collapsed air sacs in the lungs by gently raising air pressure with a breathing machine.
   - _The intensivist performed recruitment to restore oxygen levels in the failing lungs._
   - _Careful recruitment reopened the collapsed alveoli without over-stretching healthy tissue._
6. A condition of the inner ear that causes reduced tolerance for loud sounds, often occurring with hearing loss from cochlear damage.
   - Simple: An ear problem that makes loud sounds feel painfully loud, often along with hearing loss.
   - _Patients with recruitment often find that small increases in volume feel overwhelming._
   - _The audiologist suspected recruitment when loud speech became unbearable for her._

## Origin

Formed from "recruit" plus the suffix "-ment," and related to French "recrutement."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/recruitment (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).