recruited
v.v. to find and hire new people for a job or to join a group. You use this when you are looking for the right person to fill a position.
v. to enlist or engage new members for an organisation, workforce, or military body. Often implies a formal process of selection and induction.
The company recruited ten new engineers this month.
The local football club recruited several talented teenagers from the school league to join their youth academy.
After the merger, the executive board recruited a specialist consultancy to oversee the integration of the two distinct corporate cultures and streamline operations.
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object; it can also be used intransitively in the context of general hiring activity.
The company recruited to a new managerThe company recruited a new managerRecruit is a transitive verb and takes the person or role as a direct object without a preposition.