human resources
(used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
(used with a singular verb) human resources department.
Origin of human resources
1- Also called HR [eych-ahr] /ˈeɪtʃˈɑr/ .
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How to use human resources in a sentence
But instead of board member, the definitive organizational role in contemporary corporatism is (yep) the human resources manager.
Valerie Jarrett, Obama Consigliere—and Democracy Killer | James Poulos | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt speaks volumes that the President of the United States would believe his own human resources need to be managed in such a way.
Valerie Jarrett, Obama Consigliere—and Democracy Killer | James Poulos | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe is the drone official, the bland-faced human-resources manager tasked with dropping the axe.
Nolen proceeded directly from human resources to the front office.
The Muslim Convert Behind America’s First Workplace Beheading | Michael Daly | September 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith California hiring rules already cumbersome, he said, he bit the bullet and outsourced human resources.
A variety of geographical resources and of human resources results in diversity in the economic life of the state.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyShe evinced no self-adulation, and no undue dependence upon human resources.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus CoxAll of them were well fitted to rebuke that pride in human resources which had been the occasion of his sin.
The Expositor's Bible: The Second Book of Samuel | W. G. BlaikieHe had a more modest estimate of human resources for forming true judgments in religion, and a Religious Toleration.
But He will teach us the utter barrenness of all human resources.
Life and Times of David | Charles Henry Mackintosh
British Dictionary definitions for human resources
the workforce of an organization
(as modifier): human-resources management; human-resources officer
the office or department in an organization that interviews, appoints, or keeps records of employees
(as modifier): a human-resources consultancy
the contribution to an employing organization which its workforce could provide in effort, skills, knowledge, etc
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