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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This will require executive champions from each division (e.g. finance, human resources, product research and development, supply chain), a cross-functional organizing committee, and sustainability KPIs determined across the organization with compensation tied to those KPIs.
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Bytensie Whelan, Fortune, 21 May 2024
The city is also formulating a broader pay equity strategy to shrink the gaps, human resources officials said Monday while presenting the new 192-page study to the City Council.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2024
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Bytensie Whelan, Fortune, 21 May 2024
The city is also formulating a broader pay equity strategy to shrink the gaps, human resources officials said Monday while presenting the new 192-page study to the City Council.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2024
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“Human resources.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20resources. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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