🗓️ Idiom: Cast a Wide Net
💬 Meaning
- To search broadly or consider many options when trying to find something or someone.
- In recruitment, it often means looking in various places or using multiple methods to attract a wide range of candidates.
🧠 Example Sentences
- To find the best person for the job, the company cast a wide net across multiple job platforms.
- We need to cast a wide net if we want to reach candidates from diverse backgrounds.
- By casting a wide net, the recruiter was able to uncover hidden talent that others had overlooked.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom comes from fishing, where casting a wide net increases the chances of catching fish. It has been adapted in business and recruitment to mean increasing search efforts or broadening one’s scope.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
To increase our chances of finding top talent, we decided to __________ during the hiring process.
Answer
cast a wide net
2. Choose the correct meaning of “cast a wide net”:
A) To be very selective
B) To search in a limited area
C) To search broadly or consider many options
Answer
C) To search broadly or consider many options
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“The hiring manager used many different sources to find potential employees.” → Change the sentence using: cast a wide net
Answer
The hiring manager cast a wide net to find potential employees.
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