Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #459 of 1319

recruit (v.)

to hire

Examples

  • We recruit graduates.

Key rules

  • Recruit means find and hire new people
  • Recruit staff, recruit graduates
  • Recruitment is the noun

Common mistakes

  • We recruit the graduates of this year → We recruit graduates
  • They recruited of new staff → They recruited new staff
💡 Tip: Human resources // Hiring // Company growth
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