personnel
- noun
- /ˌpɜr.səˈnɛl/
- The personnel department is responsible for coordinating employee training programs.
- personnel selection
- personnel development
- personnel director
There's operations, there's strategy, there's personnel, there's, there's all kinds of different things.
- There's operations, there's strategy, there's personnel, there's, there's all kinds of different things.
- We have a personnel management system that isn't as modern as our forces deserve.
Examples
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All personnel proceed directly to safety areas.
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The focus of the research is on the key implementation team personnel involved throughout the project.
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And it also have the time necessary for training personnel to use these protocols.
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I have to take these men over to personnel for some paperwork.
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The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development website is very useful.
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The desirability of the mental health program to school personnel seemed clear.
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Other favorable factors included competent government personnel and a low level of corruption.
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Of special importance are the perceptions of the key personnel involved in the implementation process.
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Compliance required hiring additional personnel, outside consultants and required numerous systems improvements within firms.
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During implementation, the business and regulatory personnel work in tandem to develop the capacity of the organization.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
A part of a company that hires, trains, and manages employees
A part of a company that hires, trains, and manages employees
A department that hires, trains, and manages employees
Compounds
- Specialized
A military vehicle with metal protection that carries soldiers safely
- NSFW
A bomb that sends out many small metal pieces to injure or kill people
- Specialized
People who work directly in a company's main operations, like factory or sales staff
- Specialized
A member of the military who is killed or captured during a fight
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Personnel comes from a French use of the simple word person, which means 'someone', and it was used for the group of people in a company. So the personnel department is the office that hires, trains, and looks after those people.