noun
searching for someone; looking for a person
General term for looking for a person, often a missing person or someone whose whereabouts are unknown.
警察は人探しに協力を求めている。
The police are asking for cooperation in searching for the person.
彼は人探しで街を歩き回った。
He walked around town looking for the person.
noun
recruitment; scouting; searching for a candidate
Only when written 人探し
Used when looking for a suitable person for a job, role, or team; often implies active scouting or headhunting.
新しいプロジェクトのために人探しを始めた。
We started looking for people for the new project.
会社は優秀なエンジニアの人探しに力を入れている。
The company is focusing on scouting talented engineers.
捜索 is a more formal term for a search operation, often used by authorities, while 人探し is a general, everyday word for looking for a person.
募集 is the standard term for open recruitment or soliciting applications, whereas 人探し in the recruitment sense often implies a more active, targeted search for the right person.
Compound of 人 (ひと, 'person') and 探し (さがし, the continuative form of 探す, 'to search').