human resources

plural noun

: personnel sense 1a

hiring more human resources

: personnel sense 2

Human resources will contact you about your interview.

the company's human resources department

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The company said Friday marked the last working day for 958 plant employees, about 37% of its workforce, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, notice filed by human resources chief Chuck Moore. —

CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026 Another 12 each will come from the offices of finance and human resources. —

Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026 The company updated its popular Claude assistant to better perform tasks in human resources, design, legal, finance and cybersecurity jobs, rattling software stocks in the process. —

Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026 Lindsey Oates, a former chief financial officer at the public schools, starting under Mayor Bill de Blasio, was set to return in June as deputy chancellor of finance administration and human resources. —

Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for human resources

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of human resources was in 1915

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