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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The second round of emails will reportedly come from individual agencies with direct oversight of career officials, rather than the OMP which oversees federal human resources but lacks hiring and firing authority, a person with knowledge of the situation told AP.
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Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Instead of being sent by the Office of Personnel Management, which functions as a human resources agency for the federal government but doesn't have the power to hire or fire, the email was to come from individual agencies that have direct oversight of career officials.
—Chris Megerian, TIME, 1 Mar. 2025
The emails are part of a strategy to have agencies account for their employees' work each week and report it back to the government's human resources agency, though no decision has been made about whether the messages will go out weekly, the sources said.
—Kristin Brown, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
Responsibility for sustaining talent does not rest solely with human resources; executives, department heads, and managers must actively mentor, coach, and foster professional growth.
—Jason Wingard, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Instead of being sent by the Office of Personnel Management, which functions as a human resources agency for the federal government but doesn't have the power to hire or fire, the email was to come from individual agencies that have direct oversight of career officials.
—Chris Megerian, TIME, 1 Mar. 2025
The emails are part of a strategy to have agencies account for their employees' work each week and report it back to the government's human resources agency, though no decision has been made about whether the messages will go out weekly, the sources said.
—Kristin Brown, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
Responsibility for sustaining talent does not rest solely with human resources; executives, department heads, and managers must actively mentor, coach, and foster professional growth.
—Jason Wingard, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for human resources
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“Human resources.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20resources. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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