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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Additionally, Covington was never given a due performance appraisal and raise as required by the Kansas City Charter and Kansas City Missouri human resources manual, according to the lawsuit.
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Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025
Bath & Body Works (which just got a new CEO after the exit of Gina Boswell) hired former Bluemercury CEO and CVS Health alum Maly Bernstein as chief commercial officer and Samantha Charleston, previously of cold storage warehouse distribution network Americold, as chief human resources officer.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
At the same meeting, Gloria Powell, the college’s chief human resources officer, presented a policy revision that is in line with SB 37’s mandate on how employee discipline and termination should be handled.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2025
At Barton Creek Technologies, Anna Chen, the chief human resources officer, faces a dilemma over the company’s performance improvement plan (PIP).
—Harvard Business Review, 8 Nov. 2025
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Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025
Bath & Body Works (which just got a new CEO after the exit of Gina Boswell) hired former Bluemercury CEO and CVS Health alum Maly Bernstein as chief commercial officer and Samantha Charleston, previously of cold storage warehouse distribution network Americold, as chief human resources officer.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
At the same meeting, Gloria Powell, the college’s chief human resources officer, presented a policy revision that is in line with SB 37’s mandate on how employee discipline and termination should be handled.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2025
At Barton Creek Technologies, Anna Chen, the chief human resources officer, faces a dilemma over the company’s performance improvement plan (PIP).
—Harvard Business Review, 8 Nov. 2025
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“Human resources.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20resources. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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