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* GoodnessExam: Character is expected to do something good to prove their affiliation.
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* InitiationQuest: The player character of a video game tries to join an exclusive club and has to jump through a lot of hoops to be allowed in.
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* UnusualHiringPractices: A company hires based on a set of skills or achievements outside the usual for a job.
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* JobsOnlyVolunteer: when a person has a job solely because they are the only one who wanted it.
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* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: Looking back, the promises offered by the group doing the recruiting were less than honest...
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* ARealManIsAKiller: "To join this organized combat force, you have to kill someone to prove your mettle" variant.
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An index of tropes about recruitment and induction.
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When it comes to employment, education, or just plain enslavement, everyone has to start ''somewhere.'' Whether it's voluntary or involuntary, auspicious or lowly, military or business, tropes concerning recruitment can all be found in this index.
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An index of tropes about recruitment and induction.
When it comes to employment, education, or just plain enslavement, everyone has to start ''somewhere.'' Whether it's voluntary or involuntary, auspicious or lowly, military or business, tropes concerning recruitment or induction can all be found in this index.
When it comes to employment, education, or just plain enslavement, everyone has to start ''somewhere.'' Whether it's voluntary or involuntary, auspicious or lowly, military or business, tropes concerning recruitment or induction can all be found in this index.
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* GotVolunteered: When the leader of a group/organization calls for a volunteer for an unpleasant, or down right dangerous, job, an unwilling member is "recomended" by their companions as the best one suited for the job.
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* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: Instead of recruiting adults for saving the world, teenagers and kids are inducted instead for some reason.
* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: Instead of recruiting adults for saving the world, teenagers and kids are inducted instead for some reason.
* SecretlyEarmarkedForGreatness: Some employers watch their prospective employees for months or even years before finally recruiting them.
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* AbsurdlyExclusiveRecruitingStandards: This employer accepts only the very best of the best, sometimes to the point of impracticality.
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* AbsurdlyExclusiveRecruitingStandards: This employer accepts only the very best of the best, best - sometimes to the point of impracticality.
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When it comes to employment, education, or just plain enslavement, everyone has to start ''somewhere.'' Whether it's voluntary or involuntary, auspicious or lowly, military or business, tropes concerning recruitment can all be found in this index.
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* AbsurdlyExclusiveRecruitingStandards: This employer accepts only the very best of the best, sometimes to the point of impracticality.
* AchievementTestOfDestiny: An all-important exam in which performing well will have you recruited by the most selective groups.
* BoxedCrook: A prisoner doing time is recruited for an extremely dangerous job in exchange for their freedom.
* {{Conscription}}: Enforced recruitment, usually in the military, usually with strict penalties for ignoring your selection.
* DeadlyGraduation: Prospective {{Professional Killer}}s have to prove themselves with a "practical examination" before joining an organization.
* DevilsJobOffer: Satan himself literally offers employment.
* FantasticRecruitmentDrive: A group with weird and wonderful powers goes looking for new members with similar traits.
* GangInitiationFight: Someone looking to join a group has to fight for their place.
* HiredForTheirLooks: A new employee gets a job based on attractiveness rather than real qualifications.
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: Character is expected to do something evil to prove their affiliation.
* IncomprehensibleEntranceExam: Getting into this job requires an introductory test that doesn't make the slightest bit of sense.
* InitiationCeremony: Typically marks the point at which the "recruitment" process ends and the candidate is considered to have joined.
* JoinOrDie: Refusing this job offer will be met with instant death.
* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: Looking back, the promises offered by the group doing the recruiting were less than honest...
* {{Knighting}}: Formally being made a knight (sometimes while being recruited into a knightly order).
* LoweredRecruitingStandards: An ongoing emergency forces recruiters to accept candidates they'd normally reject.
* MutantDraftBoard: A regulatory organization that forces superhumans to join.
* NewMeat: A recent recruit.
* PressGanged: Need to recruit someone? Just grab someone off the street and force them to join!
* RecruitedFromTheGutter: An employer finds new personnel on the lowest rungs of the social ladder, usually guaranteeing their loyalty in the process.
* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: Instead of recruiting adults for saving the world, teenagers and kids are inducted instead for some reason.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: Sometimes, the candidate you need for a specialized job is a criminal offender, retired or otherwise.
* RecruitmentByRescue: A potential ally and/or employee has to be bailed out of danger before they can work for you.
* RecruitersAlwaysLie: Military advertising designed to lure in new recruits through blatantly dishonest positive depictions.
* SecretTestOfThievingSkill: The employer wants to recruit a thief but wants to make sure they're as good as advertised.
* SecretlyEarmarkedForGreatness: Some employers watch their prospective employees for months or even years before finally recruiting them.
* SwornInByOath: Joining an organization involves swearing a vow.
* TakingTheVeil: A character takes vows and joins a religious community as a nun.
* TradingBarsForStripes: A convicted criminal is recruited into military service in exchange for their freedom once their tour is done.
* UltimateFinalExam: A difficult final test of ability before a recruit is judged worthy of joining.
* WelcomedToTheMasquerade: Someone is told that they're now a member of a [[{{Masquerade}} secret society]], or have been all along and [[IAmWho didn't know]].
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* AbsurdlyExclusiveRecruitingStandards: This employer accepts only the very best of the best, sometimes to the point of impracticality.
* AchievementTestOfDestiny: An all-important exam in which performing well will have you recruited by the most selective groups.
* BoxedCrook: A prisoner doing time is recruited for an extremely dangerous job in exchange for their freedom.
* {{Conscription}}: Enforced recruitment, usually in the military, usually with strict penalties for ignoring your selection.
* DeadlyGraduation: Prospective {{Professional Killer}}s have to prove themselves with a "practical examination" before joining an organization.
* DevilsJobOffer: Satan himself literally offers employment.
* FantasticRecruitmentDrive: A group with weird and wonderful powers goes looking for new members with similar traits.
* GangInitiationFight: Someone looking to join a group has to fight for their place.
* HiredForTheirLooks: A new employee gets a job based on attractiveness rather than real qualifications.
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: Character is expected to do something evil to prove their affiliation.
* IncomprehensibleEntranceExam: Getting into this job requires an introductory test that doesn't make the slightest bit of sense.
* InitiationCeremony: Typically marks the point at which the "recruitment" process ends and the candidate is considered to have joined.
* JoinOrDie: Refusing this job offer will be met with instant death.
* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: Looking back, the promises offered by the group doing the recruiting were less than honest...
* {{Knighting}}: Formally being made a knight (sometimes while being recruited into a knightly order).
* LoweredRecruitingStandards: An ongoing emergency forces recruiters to accept candidates they'd normally reject.
* MutantDraftBoard: A regulatory organization that forces superhumans to join.
* NewMeat: A recent recruit.
* PressGanged: Need to recruit someone? Just grab someone off the street and force them to join!
* RecruitedFromTheGutter: An employer finds new personnel on the lowest rungs of the social ladder, usually guaranteeing their loyalty in the process.
* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: Instead of recruiting adults for saving the world, teenagers and kids are inducted instead for some reason.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: Sometimes, the candidate you need for a specialized job is a criminal offender, retired or otherwise.
* RecruitmentByRescue: A potential ally and/or employee has to be bailed out of danger before they can work for you.
* RecruitersAlwaysLie: Military advertising designed to lure in new recruits through blatantly dishonest positive depictions.
* SecretTestOfThievingSkill: The employer wants to recruit a thief but wants to make sure they're as good as advertised.
* SecretlyEarmarkedForGreatness: Some employers watch their prospective employees for months or even years before finally recruiting them.
* SwornInByOath: Joining an organization involves swearing a vow.
* TakingTheVeil: A character takes vows and joins a religious community as a nun.
* TradingBarsForStripes: A convicted criminal is recruited into military service in exchange for their freedom once their tour is done.
* UltimateFinalExam: A difficult final test of ability before a recruit is judged worthy of joining.
* WelcomedToTheMasquerade: Someone is told that they're now a member of a [[{{Masquerade}} secret society]], or have been all along and [[IAmWho didn't know]].
