I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ latest , new , raw , recent
▪
raw ~s marching up and down with the drill instructor
▪ potential , prospective
▪ young
▪ graduate ( esp. BrE )
▪ army , military , police
VERB + RECRUIT
▪ find
▪
A common way for companies to find new ~s is by taking a stand at a job exhibition.
▪ attract
▪
It's difficult to attract ~s when working conditions are so poor.
▪ enlist , gain , sign up
▪
Thousands of ~s had been enlisted and partly trained.
▪
She tried to gain ~s for the party.
▪ train
▪
Army ~s are all trained in first aid.
▪ provide
▪
Their business schools provide ~s for domestic industry.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
new ~s to the party
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ directly
▪
The specialist institutions directly ~ their own staff.
▪ actively
▪ aggressively ( esp. AmE )
▪
Senior managers are being aggressively ~ed by companies.
▪ heavily ( esp. AmE )
▪
GM ~ed heavily in the South.
▪ locally
▪
Most of the workers will be ~ed locally.
▪ personally
▪
She personally ~ed the teachers.
▪ specially ( esp. BrE )
▪
Staff were ~ed specially for the event.
▪ successfully
VERB + RECRUIT
▪ need to
▪ seek to , try to
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
Tony Ancona has been ~ed as Sales Manager.
▪ for
▪
A hundred patients were ~ed for the study.
▪ from
▪
Soldiers were ~ed from the local villages.
▪ into
▪
Some of the men were ~ed into the army.
▪ to
▪
Ten new members were ~ed to the committee.
PHRASES
▪ newly ~ed , recently ~ed
▪ ~ and retain sb
▪
a drive to ~ and retain federal employees
Recruit is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ army , ↑ assistant , ↑ employee , ↑ faculty , ↑ help , ↑ member , ↑ mercenary , ↑ spy , ↑ staff , ↑ support , ↑ trainee , ↑ volunteer , ↑ worker