the action of finding new people to join an organization or support a cause
from French recrutement, from recruter 'to recruit'
Common in business and military contexts
Recruitment has historically filtered women into support roles and excluded them from leadership pipelines; bias persists in job descriptions, interview panels, and promotion pathways.
Use gender-blind recruitment language; remove coded masculine terms ('aggressive,' 'ninja'); ensure diverse hiring panels and transparent criteria.
["hiring","talent acquisition","staffing"]
Organizations like Lean In and Hidden Figures initiatives documented women's systematic underrepresentation in recruitment for technical and leadership roles, driving structural reform.
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