Recruit may refer to:

• Military recruitment
• Recruit training, in the military
• Rekrut (English: Recruit), a military recruit or low rank in German-speaking countries
• Seaman recruit

• HMS Recruit, several ships of the British Royal Navy
• USS Recruit, several ships of the U.S. Navy

• Le Réquisitionnaire (English "The Conscript" or "The Recruit"), a 1831 short story by Honoré de Balzac
• The Recruit (novel), the first book of the children's CHERUB series

• The Recruit (film), a 2003 film starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell
• The Recruit (Australian TV series), a 2014–2016 Australian rules football reality television series
• The Recruit (American TV series), a 2022 American spy-adventure television series released by Netflix
• "The Recruit" (Dad's Army), an episode of the 1973 British TV series Dad's Army
• "The Recruit" (Star Wars Resistance)
• Recruits (film), a 1986 screwball comedy
• Recruits (TV series), a 2009 Australian TV series about the New South Wales Police Force
• Recruits: Paramedics, a 2011 Australian factual television program about New South Wales Paramedics

• Recruit (company), a Japanese advertising, publishing, and human resources company

• Recruitment
• College recruiting, in college athletics in the United States