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personnel

personnel

167 3.0
The department that hires, trains and manages employees
  • noun
  • /ˌpɜr.səˈnɛl/
translation icon : departamento de personal
  • 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.

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Examples

  • All personnel proceed directly to safety areas.

  • The focus of the research is on the key implementation team personnel involved throughout the project.

    Academic text (1990)
  • And it also have the time necessary for training personnel to use these protocols.

  • I have to take these men over to personnel for some paperwork.

  • The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development website is very useful.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The desirability of the mental health program to school personnel seemed clear.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Other favorable factors included competent government personnel and a low level of corruption.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Of special importance are the perceptions of the key personnel involved in the implementation process.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Compliance required hiring additional personnel, outside consultants and required numerous systems improvements within firms.

  • During implementation, the business and regulatory personnel work in tandem to develop the capacity of the organization.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

personnel office
vspersonnel
3 3.3

A part of a company that hires, trains, and manages employees

is used for the same unit but with an alternative common label
personnel department
vspersonnel
1 3.4

A part of a company that hires, trains, and manages employees

is the general name for that unit differing only by the term used
staff office
vspersonnel
  • Formal
1 3.1

A department that hires, trains, and manages employees

expresses the same role but differs only in the naming choice

Compounds

People who serve in the armed forces, like soldiers and sailors

personnel carrier
  • Specialized
18 4.9

A military vehicle that carries soldiers and their equipment

14 5.3

A military vehicle with metal protection that carries soldiers safely

A part of a company that hires, trains, and manages employees

A part of a company that hires, trains, and manages employees

1 7.0

A bomb that sends out many small metal pieces to injure or kill people

A group of people in a company who plan and make important decisions

line personnel
  • Specialized
5.5

People who work directly in a company's main operations, like factory or sales staff

personnel casualty
  • Specialized
9.3

A member of the military who is killed or captured during a fight

personnel pouch
  • Specialized
9.9

A bag for carrying the body of a dead soldier

Surface Forms

personnel singular
personnels plural

Morphology

personnel = person (semi-transparent) = person + nel

The form clearly shows 'person' and the meaning 'staff' relates to people, but '-nel' is a borrowed, non-productive French-derived suffix and the meaning is specialized.

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.