human resources
plural noun
1
: personnel sense 1a
hiring more human resources
2
: personnel sense 2
Human resources will contact you about your interview.
the company's human resources department
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The Blue Hills also paid SHEBA $250,000 a year, at $280 an hour, for consulting services on human resources issues in both 2022 and 2023.
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2025
As of Monday, nearly 20,000 projects had already been submitted from employees across a number of departments, including human resources, marketing and IT.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
City human resources departments had to manually build spreadsheets in a makeshift office in order to make payroll on time, Carter said last week.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2025
The next step involves addressing the pay inequity with human resources.
—Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2025
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2025
As of Monday, nearly 20,000 projects had already been submitted from employees across a number of departments, including human resources, marketing and IT.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
City human resources departments had to manually build spreadsheets in a makeshift office in order to make payroll on time, Carter said last week.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2025
The next step involves addressing the pay inequity with human resources.
—Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for human resources
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“Human resources.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20resources. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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