100 Words to Use Instead of “Hire”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	acquire	get someone’s services or labor
2.	add	include as an employee
3.	admit	accept into a group or role
4.	appoint	officially give someone a job
5.	arrange for	organize to get services
6.	assign	give someone a job role
7.	authorize	give official permission to work
8.	award a contract to	give a job contract to
9.	book	arrange for services
10.	bring aboard	add as staff
11.	bring in	recruit and employ
12.	bring into employ	employ someone
13.	bring into employment	employ someone
14.	bring into service	put to work
15.	bring into staff	add to staff
16.	bring on	add someone to the team
17.	call in	bring in to work
18.	charter	hire for a specific service
19.	choose	pick for employment
20.	commission	authorize to do work
21.	consign	entrust work or duties to
22.	contract	engage under a contract
23.	depute	appoint to act on your behalf
24.	designate	officially assign a role
25.	dispatch	send someone to do a job
26.	draft	select to serve or work
27.	employ	give someone a job
28.	engage	arrange to use someone’s services
29.	enlist	persuade someone to join work
30.	fill a position	put someone into a vacancy
31.	fill a role	place someone in a role
32.	fill a vacancy	put someone into an opening
33.	fill an opening	put someone into an opening
34.	freelance	use a freelancer for work
35.	get	obtain someone’s help or services
36.	give a job to	employ someone
37.	give employment to	employ someone
38.	give work to	employ someone for tasks
39.	handpick	choose carefully for a job
40.	headhunt	recruit actively for a role
41.	increase staffing	employ more people
42.	induct	formally bring into a position
43.	install	formally put into a position
44.	land	successfully get someone to join
45.	line up	arrange to have someone work
46.	make a placement	place someone in a job
47.	make an appointment	officially assign a job
48.	make an offer to	offer someone a job
49.	name	appoint to a position
50.	nominate	propose for a position
51.	obtain the services of	get someone to work for you
52.	offer a job to	propose employment to someone
53.	offer employment to	propose employment to someone
54.	onboard	bring into a job and orient
55.	outsource	hire outside help to do work
56.	pick up	take on as a worker
57.	place	put someone into a job
58.	procure the services of	arrange to get someone’s services
59.	put in office	install into an office
60.	put in place	install in a role
61.	put in position	assign to a position
62.	put in post	assign to a position
63.	put on staff	add as staff
64.	put on the payroll	add as a paid employee
65.	put to work	employ for tasks
66.	recruit	find and take on staff
67.	retain	keep someone for ongoing work
68.	schedule	arrange to use services
69.	second	assign temporarily to another role
70.	secure the services of	successfully obtain someone’s services
71.	select	choose for employment
72.	sign	contract someone to work
73.	snag	quickly secure someone’s services
74.	staff	provide workers for a role
75.	subcontract	hire another party to do work
76.	take aboard	bring into an organization
77.	take in	accept as an employee
78.	take into employ	employ someone
79.	take into employment	employ someone
80.	take into one’s service	employ someone
81.	take into service	engage for work or duty
82.	take into staff	add to staff
83.	take on	employ or accept as staff
84.	under contract	Engage someone via a contract.
85.	understudy	Engage as a backup performer.
86.	undertake	Take on work or a role.
87.	unload work onto	Assign work to someone else.
88.	upskill and place	Train then place into a role.
89.	use	employ someone’s services
90.	utilize	make use of someone’s services
91.	vendor	Contract out work to a supplier.
92.	vest with a role	Give someone a role or office.
93.	wage	Employ someone for wages.
94.	welcome aboard	Bring someone onto the team.
95.	win over	Persuade someone to join you.
96.	work with	Engage someone to collaborate.
97.	write a contract with	Engage someone by contract.
98.	yield work to	Hand work over to someone.
99.	yoke to the task	Put someone to work on it.
100.	zone in and recruit	Focus on and recruit someone.