human resources
(used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
(used with a singular verb) human resources department.
Origin of human resources
1- Also called HR [eych-ahr] /ˈeɪtʃˈɑr/ .
Words Nearby human resources
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How to use human resources in a sentence
After receiving the message, she said she decided to report the allegations from her time in Seoul to the company’s human resources director, hoping to see an investigation.
She reported sexual harassment by a former supervisor — and was fired soon after | Samantha Schmidt | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostOther companies look to the tech industry for ideas on how to structure their workforces and set human resources policies.
Six things to know about the latest efforts to bring unions to Big Tech | Gerrit De Vynck, Nitasha Tiku, Jay Greene | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostAt AWS, I’m lucky to have great human resources partners who help me understand the numbers within our team.
There’s no better time than now to build a better pipeline for women in tech | Andrew Nusca | January 11, 2021 | FortuneA human resources manager within the state Division of Personnel and Labor Relations, Camille Brill, asked the woman to meet.
Junior Staffer Says Top Alaska Official Told Her to Keep Allegations of Misconduct Secret | by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News | November 18, 2020 | ProPublicaMy plan was to walk into the human resources office, show them the letter from Marshall Loeb, and ask for a job.
To take control of your career, ask for what you want—directly and explicitly | matthewheimer | November 8, 2020 | Fortune
But instead of board member, the definitive organizational role in contemporary corporatism is (yep) the human resources manager.
Valerie Jarrett, Obama Consigliere—and Democracy Killer | James Poulos | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt speaks volumes that the President of the United States would believe his own human resources need to be managed in such a way.
Valerie Jarrett, Obama Consigliere—and Democracy Killer | James Poulos | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe is the drone official, the bland-faced human-resources manager tasked with dropping the axe.
Nolen proceeded directly from human resources to the front office.
The Muslim Convert Behind America’s First Workplace Beheading | Michael Daly | September 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith California hiring rules already cumbersome, he said, he bit the bullet and outsourced human resources.
A variety of geographical resources and of human resources results in diversity in the economic life of the state.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyShe evinced no self-adulation, and no undue dependence upon human resources.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus CoxAll of them were well fitted to rebuke that pride in human resources which had been the occasion of his sin.
The Expositor's Bible: The Second Book of Samuel | W. G. BlaikieHe had a more modest estimate of human resources for forming true judgments in religion, and a Religious Toleration.
But He will teach us the utter barrenness of all human resources.
Life and Times of David | Charles Henry Mackintosh
British Dictionary definitions for human resources
the workforce of an organization
(as modifier): human-resources management; human-resources officer
the office or department in an organization that interviews, appoints, or keeps records of employees
(as modifier): a human-resources consultancy
the contribution to an employing organization which its workforce could provide in effort, skills, knowledge, etc
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