latest, new, raw, recent
raw recruits marching up and down with the drill instructor

potential, prospective
young
graduate (esp. BrE)
army, military, police

find
A common way for companies to find new recruits is by taking a stand at a job exhibition.

attract
It's difficult to attract recruits when working conditions are so poor.

enlist, gain, sign up
Thousands of recruits had been enlisted and partly trained.
She tried to gain recruits for the party.

train
Army recruits are all trained in first aid.

provide
Their business schools provide recruits for domestic industry.

recruit to
new recruits to the party

directly
The specialist institutions directly recruit their own staff.

actively
aggressively (esp. AmE)
Senior managers are being aggressively recruited by companies.

heavily (esp. AmE)
GM recruited heavily in the South.

locally
Most of the workers will be recruited locally.

personally
She personally recruited the teachers.

specially (esp. BrE)
Staff were recruited specially for the event.

successfully

need to
seek to, try to

as
Tony Ancona has been recruited as Sales Manager.

for
A hundred patients were recruited for the study.

from
Soldiers were recruited from the local villages.

into
Some of the men were recruited into the army.

to
Ten new members were recruited to the committee.

newly recruited, recently recruited
recruit and retain sb
a drive to recruit and retain federal employees

Recruit is used with these nouns as the object:
army, assistant, employee, faculty, help, member, mercenary, spy, staff, support, trainee, volunteer, worker