The personnel of an organization are the people who work for it.
Since 1954 Japan has never dispatched military personnel abroad.
There has been very little renewal of personnel in higher education.
He learnt a lot about personnel management, budgeting and account-keeping.
2. uncountable noun
Personnel is the department in a large company or organization that deals with employees, keeps their records, and helps with any problems they might have.
[business]
Her first job was in personnel.
More Synonyms of personnel
personnel in British English
(ˌpɜːsəˈnɛl)
noun
1.
the people employed in an organization or for a service or undertaking
Compare materiel
2.
a. Also called: human resources
the office or department that interviews, appoints, or keeps records of employees
b.
(as modifier)
a personnel officer
Word origin
C19: from French, ultimately from Late Latin persōnālis personal (adj); see person
personnel in American English
(ˌpɜrsəˈnɛl)
noun
1.
persons employed in any work, enterprise, service, establishment, etc.
see also materiel
2.
a personnel department or office
adjective
3.
of or relating to the division within a business or other enterprise whose functions include hiring and training employees, and administering their benefits
Word origin
Fr (lit., personal), prob. infl. by Ger personal, earlier personale < ML, orig. neut. of L personalis
COBUILD Collocations
personnel
key personnel
Examples of 'personnel' in a sentence
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It also must find away to ensure that emergency services personnel have priority over commercial network users.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The personnel change regularly too and the ones that do play look uncertain about their role.
The Sun (2017)
More than half of emergency services personnel in London live outside the capital.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is expected to include a strict time limit on when claims can be made against British personnel.
The Sun (2016)
About 500 military personnel are medically discharged from the armed forces each year because or mental health problems.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Stewards held back furious fans, and security personnel had to duck as objects seemed to be thrown.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
About 18,000 military personnel were detained.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The Russians were played by British personnel.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This has rendered them vulnerable to countries such as Russia which have invested in tanks and personnel carriers, army sources say.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The same will now apply to service personnel.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The pressure becomes stronger as more and more personnel departments adopt computer usage.
Torrington, Derek Personnel Management: A New Approach (1991)
So is the failure to deliver properly armoured personnel carriers.
The Sun (2009)
This is likely to be the experience of personnel officers especially.
Torrington, Derek Personnel Management: A New Approach (1991)
Support personnel need to be encouraged by this as much as those on the front lines do.
Christianity Today (2000)
Military personnel were called in to join the search for survivors.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Witnesses said that the number of security personnel outstripped the mourners.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The personnel changes gave us more legs and more intensity to our play.
The Sun (2015)
You will shine in natural health or helping medical personnel.
The Sun (2011)
Not all governments rely on the central personnel office to provide training opportunities.
Tompkins, Jonathan Human Resource Management in Government (1995)
The personnel department can more effectively carry out cost budgeting and labour cost applications.
Torrington, Derek Personnel Management: A New Approach (1991)
Six armoured personnel carriers were parked across the road.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Only a few reservations of personnel are needed.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Identify at least four roles that managers and personnel officers are often asked to perform in improving productivity.
Tompkins, Jonathan Human Resource Management in Government (1995)
But we should also remember that it is not only regular service personnel who protect that security and who make those sacrifices.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
While working there, she used to say she worked in personnel.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Better still, deny access to the photocopier to all but key personnel and only at certain times of the day.
Croft, James Corporate Cloak and Dagger (1994)
Having the right person in the right job is the dream not only of personnel managers, but of employees as well.
Atkinson, Jacqueline M Coping with Stress at Work (1988)
The war that followed took the lives of 255 British military personnel.
The Sun (2012)
The pertinent question is whether they have the personnel to be able to counter an England side brimming with confidence after eight successive one-day wins.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He has been put on notice by families of some of the 179 British service personnel killed during the conflict that he may face legal action.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In other languages
personnel
British English: personnel /ˌpɜːsəˈnɛl/ NOUN
The personnel of an organization are the people who work for it.
...military personnel.
American English: personnel
Arabic: هَيْئَةُ الْـمُوَظَفِيـن
Brazilian Portuguese: pessoal
Chinese: 人员
Croatian: osoblje
Czech: personál
Danish: personale
Dutch: personeel
European Spanish: personal
Finnish: henkilökunta
French: personnel travailleurs
German: Personal
Greek: προσωπικό
Italian: personale dipendenti
Japanese: 人員
Korean: 직원
Norwegian: personale
Polish: personel
European Portuguese: pessoal
Romanian: personal
Russian: персонал
Latin American Spanish: personal empleados
Swedish: personal
Thai: พนักงาน
Turkish: personel
Ukrainian: персонал
Vietnamese: nhân sự
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All related terms of 'personnel'
key personnel
The personnel of an organization are the people who work for it.
personnel agency
a company that recruits workers
personnel carrier
a vehicle used for transporting troops
personnel manager
a manager responsible for recruiting employees and dealing with matters relating to them
personnel officer
a worker responsible for recruiting employees and dealing with matters relating to them
personnel department
a human resources department
personnel management
the branch of management dealing with staff recruitment and matters relating to employees
personnel administration
The administration of something is the process of organizing and supervising it.
armoured personnel carrier
a vehicle used for transporting troops that is strengthened with armour plate
human resources department
the department in an organization dealing with matters involving employees , as hiring , training, labor relations , and benefits
Chinese translation of 'personnel'
personnel
(pəːsəˈnɛl)
n pl
(= staff) 人员(員) (rényuán)
n(u)
(= department) 人事部门(門) (rénshì bùmén)
(noun)
Definition
the people employed in an organization or for a service