I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an army recruit
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The army recruits must undergo basic training.
recruit employees (= offer them jobs )
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We are recruiting employees for our IT division.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
army
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Each province and each city state has its own separate army which it recruits , trains, and maintains.
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Of the first 126 soldiers relieved from duty in an army recruiting scandal, only three were officers.
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The army had recruited talented engineers and others from all over the United States for special duty on the project.
candidate
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They need to recruit the best possible candidates .
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And it is recruiting attractive candidates for the Senate and House.
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It also insisted that each committee must recruit candidates to be trained by the Union to act as local health workers.
company
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A company that consistently recruits from outside induces its staff to move elsewhere - this is expensive in terms of lost experience.
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Together, these companies plan to recruit well over 50, 000 workers during 1996&038;.
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This is particularly true when companies recruit young women and members of minority groups into nontraditional fields.
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In Rennes a company of children was recruited from the more affluent middle class.
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Beyster created his company quietly, recruiting talented scientists and making friends in government circles.
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It is an offence for companies to recruit a non-disabled worker when they are below the quota.
employee
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Unfortunately, they allowed his notice to expire without further action and proceeded to recruit new employees .
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Industries with critical labor shortages launched youth apprenticeships as a way to recruit skilled employees .
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Have you costed out how much it costs to recruit a key employee ?
employer
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Fewer employers are seeking to recruit at 16+. 21.
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Start comparing different employers and how they recruit , what they want and what they are offering.
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Such advances are helping to chip away local employer prejudice against recruiting from the estate.
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Some employers recruit on the basis of interviews held in hotels as visiting recruitment forums.
officer
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We recruit uniformed officers into plain clothes so that people like yourself, who are being eliminated, won't feel under pressure.
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Eventually, the sole military person on the base was a junior lieutenant recruited as commissary officer .
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The recruiting officer signed him up with a conspirator's wink.
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She was probably important, an adviser to radical students and a recruiting officer or handler of agents.
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The Commander-in-Chief agreed to the plan and also authorized Stirling to recruit a further six officers and up to forty men.
personnel
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We have recruited new personnel and moved some people around inside the company.
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After World War I its activities were severely limited by lack of funds and its inability to recruit good personnel .
service
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Three out of every four traitors were volunteers, it found; fewer than a quarter were recruited by hostile intelligence services .
staff
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Against this background, it's no surprise that housing associations are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain staff .
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It takes months to recruit a new staff of investigators.
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Throughout the 1980s there were drives to recruit more specialist fraud staff .
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But all Kent schools were finding it difficult to recruit supply staff .
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There are plans to recruit more staff later this year.
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The University wishes to continue to recruit and retain staff of the highest quality.
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Wherever possible we recruit skilled staff locally.
volunteer
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Just as important, Dwyer launched a major public consultation exercise, recruiting 100 volunteers representing a cross section of the population.
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The council race is non-partisan but party affiliation often helps in recruiting volunteers and raising money.
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In response to such shortages bureaux may mount campaigns to recruit more volunteers .
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The National Lottery may be a catalyst for a change in this attitude, and so might the problems with recruiting volunteers .
worker
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A near neighbour was recruited as a support worker and she too began to become involved in the family arguments.
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They need organizing, encouraging and recruiting by full-time paid workers .
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Management moved immediately to recruit workers in almost every department of the factory.
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It is an offence for companies to recruit a non-disabled worker when they are below the quota.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Efforts to recruit more men to the priesthood have not been successful.
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For the controlled study on drinking habits, we recruited men between 35 and 45.
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It's getting more and more difficult to recruit experienced staff.
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The police department is trying to recruit more black officers.
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The Young Adventurers are trying to recruit more girls.
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We're not recruiting at the moment.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Great Groups are headed by people confident enough to recruit people better than themselves.
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If you recruit under pressure because you are short of people, you will recruit apes.
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Quintas told police he was recruited by a man in Brighton who has not been traced.
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The 10-player team is recruited from a student body of 96, only 42 of which are girls.
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The person who recruited Nowak, or who had been recruited by him, would be trembling with anticipation.
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There were others who would have to be recruited.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
female
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Three other female recruits have also accused him of rape.
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Then, allegations from five female recruits during his comeback cut short his new career.
new
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Sometimes the Party establishment, in its political moods, falls to judge the mood of its new recruits .
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You could tell he was a new recruit .
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In recent years the standard of new recruits has risen.
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He was scared to death, and his head was almost shaved like new recruits in armies the world over.
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Now she has gone to a post at Hendon responsible for training new recruits .
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And we help you enlist a new set of recruits at work and at home.
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A new recruit to the service will be paid £243-a-week, £11 more.
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Or are the few crabs that we see so voracious that any new recruit stands little chance of survival?
potential
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Circulate brochures and leaflets to all locations which are frequented by potential recruits .
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In de Gaulle's mind, the empire was more than just a source of potential recruits .
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Finding the potential source of recruits for the future is not an easy task.
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Bad today, the situation will get worse when in a few years the number of potential recruits begins to decline.
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Any potential recruit knew the score.
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Over time, a comprehensive mailing list of nurses can be constructed, all of whom are potential recruits .
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I also attended a number of the introductory workshops to which potential recruits are invited.
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Our problem is how best to bring our course offer to the attention of potential recruits .
raw
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When Charlie heard the news of victory he was training some raw recruits on a rifle range in Edinburgh.
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The firm replaced many of the sacked workers with raw recruits hired in areas of high unemployment nearby.
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Former workers repeatedly insisted there were quality problems with work after they were sacked and replaced by raw recruits .
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But the notion that these raw recruits were the critical ingredient is open to doubt.
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Now Haseley was big, really big, and I was the smallest there, a raw recruit to the international scene.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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At many banks, young recruits first work as tellers.
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At most banks, young recruits spend a few months working as tellers.
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Peter is one of our new recruits.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And like Travieso, he became a well-known high school player, an All-State selection and a coveted recruit .
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Any potential recruit knew the score.
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Its boasts about fanatical recruits lining up for paradise through the martyrdom of suicide-bombing may be bluster.
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No questions were asked as long as recruits accepted the harsh conditions and the unit's strict code of honour.
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The first day that Bailey and other recruits can sign with schools is April 10.