personnel department

noun

1. the department in an organization dealing with matters involving employees, as hiring, training, labor relations, and benefits.

Word History and Origins

Origin of personnel department¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Rivera noted the pro personnel department, helmed by Eric Stokes and Chris Polian, will monitor needs of those around Washington to help make the decision in the moment.

From Washington Post

The role is Williams’s third in as many years and marks a shift from the personnel department to the business side of the team’s operations.

From Washington Post

He knows the amount of hard work it takes to operate a successful personnel department.

From Washington Post

The Personnel Department was "constantly" receiving requests from commanders that no black noncoms be assigned to their units.

From Project Gutenberg

Did you look at it as you were there in the personnel department?

From Project Gutenberg

There is no confusing maze of hallways leading to the Personnel Department from the outside.

From Project Gutenberg

But you know in the personnel department after you had delivered Oswald to the homicide squadron, you saw the gun and six bullets?

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I called up and asked for the personnel department, asked if a Lee Oswald was employed there.

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