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recruiter

recruiter

49 2.9
A person who finds and hires people for a company or group
  • noun
  • /rɪˈkruːtər/
translation icon : reclutador
  • Three weeks later, a recruiter contacted him about what he calls "a dream job."
  • corporate recruiters
  • college recruiters
  • labor recruiters

We sat down with recruiter, career coach and friend of TFD, Jasmine Reed.

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Examples

  • She's a recruiter here at the firm.

  • And we are right now working with a wonderful executive recruiter, Roy Noto, to hire someone to come in and help us run the company.

  • I have an appointment with the recruiter.

  • That's why the recruiter want to talk with you.

  • I talked to the recruiter, Bentley.

  • Jimmy Dolan, international recruiter, reporting.

  • Teachers, your role as recruiters of students for the profession cannot be overstated.

    Academic text (1992)
  • So Mickey Stevenson was this musician and talent kind of coordinator, talent recruiter for Motown.

  • The recruiter scheduled an interview for the candidate next week.

  • As a recruiter, her main goal is to find the best talent for the company.

Synonyms

scout
vsrecruiter
152 3.2

A person who looks for talented people to join a team or show

works broadly to bring members or staff to many kinds of organizations
organizer
vsrecruiter
  • US
149 2.8

A person who plans events and asks people to join a group or cause

focuses primarily on bringing people into an organization as the main task
headhunter
vsrecruiter
11 6.1

A person or company that finds and hires people for jobs especially high-level ones

brings people into an organization across many levels, not only senior ones
hirer
vsrecruiter
1 4.8

A person who chooses workers to do a job

focuses on finding and bringing people in rather than making final staff decisions

How Senior

headhunter
11 6.1
recruiter
49 2.9

Surface Forms

recruiter singular
recruiters plural

Morphology

recruiter = recruit (transparent) = recruit + er

The agentive suffix '-er' added to the verb 'recruit' straightforwardly yields 'one who recruits', a standard and productive formation.

Etymology

Recruiter comes from re- 'again' and a root meaning 'grow', the same idea behind increase. So a recruiter is someone who 'grows' a company or group by finding and adding new people.