potential recruit

collocation in English

meaningsofpotentialandrecruit

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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recruit
noun[C]
uk
/rɪˈkruːt/us
/rɪˈkruːt/
a new member of an organization, especially ...
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(Definition ofpotentialandrecruitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If those reasons are correct, we should consider what steps we can take to overcome these drawbacks in the mind of thepotentialrecruit.
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That does not fit in easily with our recruitment practices because by then apotentialrecruithas settled upon a career.
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There is, first, organisation, which includes propaganda and, second, the actual positive inducements which can be put before thepotentialrecruit.
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Why not ask the boy, thepotentialrecruit, for his birth certificate?
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What are the other factors which decide apotentialrecruitin an industrial area?
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The father of apotentialrecruithas to be.
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It is no good offering apotentialrecruitthe same amount of money as he can get in civilian life.
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Nothing is more depressing to thepotentialrecruitthan not to be sure that his wife and family will be looked after when he has been recruited.
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Secondly, they should appeal to the spirit of service and should bring home to thepotentialrecruit that the country needs him to defend the things in which he believes.
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However, thepotentialrecruitis only invited to attend the centre if they have successfully passed written psychological tests, and have been security cleared.
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The veteran explains that his job is as much to scare off the unmotivatedpotentialrecruitas it is to sign up recruits.
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Apotentialrecruitwill also have to pass... a series of character and aptitude tests.
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If thepotentialrecruitrefused he was often plied with alcohol or simply seized and taken.
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Thepotentialrecruitis first subjected to testing, including tissue compatibility tests and psychological screening.
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Parents of potential recruits from religious homes would be antagonised by the discontinuance of official religious observance.
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As a result, many of the members quit the organization, and potential recruits were prevented from joining.
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After the organization's permit was issued in 1993, the mukhabarat attempted to intimidate members and potential recruits, and the harassment continued.
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Such germination rates a re high enough to produce potential recruits given the present abundance of mature trees in the area.
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He was apotentialrecruitin both football and in basketball as a small forward, but decided before his senior year that he would play the former in college.
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