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

Hours before she was fatally shot on her way to work at FedEx, Morgan Fox emailed human resources about workplace harassment. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2026

Workday specializes in human resources and financial software, while Salesforce offers customer relationship management tools and its Agentforce platform. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2026

Bryn will manage human resources for the sports organization. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026

The news comes as other parts of Disney, including its human resources and technology teams, have been affected by layoffs. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1