Recruitment is the end-to-end process of finding and selecting people to fill open roles - from identifying a vacancy through to a candidate accepting an offer. It is often used interchangeably with talent acquisition and hiring.
What it means
Recruitment spans sourcing candidates, screening them, running interviews and assessments, and extending an offer. Each stage narrows a wider pool down to the person who ultimately fills the role, a progression often visualised as a recruitment funnel.
Where it fits in
Recruitment is the umbrella over the rest of this category - every term here describes a stage, tool or metric within the recruitment process, and the outcome of a successful recruitment process is a new hire who then enters onboarding and payroll.
Key rules
- The end-to-end process of attracting and selecting people for roles.
- Spans sourcing, screening, interviewing, assessment and offer.
- The umbrella term for every other concept in this category.
- A successful recruitment hands off to onboarding once an offer is accepted.
