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human_resources

human resources

English

Noun

human resources

(management) The personnel department of an organization, dealing with the recruitment, administration, management and training of employees; abbreviated as HR.
(management) The personnel employed in an organization.

Synonyms

(personnel employed in an organization): personnel, staff

See also

human resources on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

the personnel department of an organization

Catalan: recursos humans
Chinese:
Mandarin: 人力資源 (zh), 人力资源 (zh) ‎(rénlì zīyuán), 人事 (zh) ‎(rénshì)
Danish: personaleafdeling c
Dutch: personeelszaken (nl) pl
Finnish: henkilöstöosasto, henkilöstöhallinto
French: ressources humaines (fr)
German: Personalabteilung (de) f
Italian: risorse umane m
Japanese: 人材開発部 ‎(じんざいかいはつぶ, jinzai kaihatsu bu), 人事 (ja) ‎(じんじ, jinji)

Portuguese: recursos humanos (pt) m pl
Romanian: resurse umane
Russian: ка́дровая слу́жба f ‎(kádrovaja slúžba), эйч-а́р m, HR m ‎(HR), челове́ческие ресу́рсы m pl ‎(čelovéčeskije resúrsy) (rare, foreign context)
Spanish: recursos humanos m pl
Swedish: personalavdelning c
Thai: การบริหารทรัพยากรมนุษย์ ‎(gaan bor-rí-hăan sáp-pá-yaa-gon má-nút)
Turkish: insan kaynakları

the personnel employed in an organization

Chinese:
Mandarin: 人力資源 (zh), 人力资源 (zh) ‎(rénlì zīyuán)
Dutch: personeel (nl) n, menselijk kapitaal n
Finnish: henkilöstö (fi)
German: Personal (de) n
Italian: risorse umane m
Japanese: 人員 (ja) ‎(じんいん, jin'in)

Portuguese: recursos humanos (pt) m pl
Russian: персона́л (ru) m ‎(personál), ка́дры (ru) m pl ‎(kádry)
Serbo-Croatian: osoblje (sh) n
Spanish: personal (es) m
Swedish: arbetskraft (sv) c
Tagalog: yamang tao