recruitment drive
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrecruitmentanddrive
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recruitment
noun[U]
uk/rɪˈkruːt.mənt/us/rɪˈkruːt.mənt/
the process of finding people to work for a company or become a new member of ...
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drive
noun
uk/draɪv/us/draɪv/
used in the names of some roads, especially roads ...
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(Definition ofrecruitmentanddrivefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They formed a close-knit group in the city, met periodically to discuss strategy, and embarked on anotherrecruitmentdrive.
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Thanks to ourrecruitmentdrivefor more nurses, we have been able to open another 18 medical beds and six surgical beds this week.
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A specialrecruitmentdriveis in progress to deal with the serious situation in this traffic area.
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There was a nationalrecruitmentdrivein 2000.
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I therefore hope that the newrecruitmentdrivewill be successful.
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Recent initiatives have been taken as part of an urgentrecruitmentdrivefor teachers.
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Nevertheless, both prisons have made positive efforts to recruit female staff, and they will redouble those efforts during the nextrecruitmentdrive.
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They provide leadership for the young men and women to whom the mainrecruitmentdrivewill be directed.
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The most obvious consequence of that will be a newrecruitmentdriveby the trade unions in small companies.
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Of course, we welcome the recentrecruitmentdrive, which looks promising.
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That problem has already been identified by the trust which hopes that it will soon be resolved following a majorrecruitmentdriveto fill vacancies.
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After that there was a significant increase, due largely to a massiverecruitmentdrivein the capital to stop the decline.
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Therecruitmentdrivewill occur at the very time that there is other competition for skilled manpower from other employers.
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It has proved necessary, quite rightly, to have a specialrecruitmentdriveand to reconsider salaries.
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A betterrecruitmentdrivewould be to spend less on advertising and to put a bit of money in a special constable's pocket.
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Therecruitmentdrive, from which all this has sprung, is already showing results.
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It seems to me that arecruitmentdriveis now called for.
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This is achieved by an annualrecruitmentdriveand the number of trainee probation officers recruited by this method has increased from 254 in 1998 to 787 in 2002.
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There has of course been a recentrecruitmentdrive, which resulted in a large number of applications, and some applicants are being appointed at the moment.
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That is why last week we allocated another £5 million for an immediaterecruitmentdrivethat will pay teachers to come back for a six-week refresher course in shortage areas.
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