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Recruiting

recruitment

noun re-KROO-ting Rare
People & Society Work

Origin: from English

Also means

talent acquisition

Usage Note

Recruiting (also Rekrutierung) is an English loanword now standard in German HR language, referring to the process of finding and attracting job candidates. Active Sourcing and Headhunting are specialised forms.

Examples

"Das Recruiting-Team veröffentlichte die Stellenanzeige auf mehreren Plattformen."

Natural Translation

The recruitment team published the job advertisement on several platforms.

Literal Translation

The recruitment-team published the job-advertisement on several platforms.

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