personnel department
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of personnel department
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Bass said she had spent years addressing a years-old administrative bottleneck within the city’s personnel department, which runs the background process for police hires.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Its predecessor, the personnel department, emerged in the early 1900s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Dains thought the employee should be fired, but she said the city’s personnel department recommended five days of leave.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025
Gen. Yuri Kuznetsov, who oversaw the ministry’s personnel department, were detained for the same bribery charge in recent weeks.
From New York Times • May 23, 2024
A list handed out to us on our last day by the personnel department showed that it was purely a matter of numbers.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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