Recruitment is defined as:

(a) the process of screening a pool of applicants who have applied for a specific position.
(b) the process of evaluating the performance of an employee.
(c) the activities carried out to identify and attract potential employees.
(d) the process of identifying the skills required for successfully performing an organizational role.

(C) the activities carried out to identify and attract potential employees .

Explanation:

Recruitment -

It is the process of attracting , appointing or shortlisting the suitable candidates for a particular job in an organisation .

Recruitment can be for a specific profile which may or may not for paid job .

The people assigned this task of recruitment are the recruitment specialists ,

human resource department , Managers .

hence , the correct definition for recruitment is ( c ) .