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

Examples of human resources in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In that memo, sent to Floca and the Kennedy Center's human resources department, Miller said that during one month in early 2026, Canny had charged the center $30,000 in consulting fees. — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026

Additionally, staffers in the agency’s information technology and human resources divisions said the Controller’s Office generally doesn’t monitor where employees telework. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Non-technical workers have also begun to embrace tools like the vibe-coding platform Lovable to create their own applications to automate work across departments like finance and human resources. — John Kell, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Those roles can span from technical quantum computing positions to human resources or business analytics. — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1