personnel

/ˌpɜːsənˈel/ noun

Definition

WORKERS [plural] › the people who work for an organization: military personnel

DEPARTMENT [U] › the department of an organization that deals with finding people to work there, keeping records about them, etc: I need to speak to someone in Personnel. the personnel manager

(Definition of personnel noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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