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HR

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

/ˌeɪtʃ ˈɑːr/abbreviationCore term

In job interviews & careers, HR means: Short for human resources: the department that deals with hiring, contracts, pay, training and employee matters in a company.

In Turkish: İK, insan kaynakları

How it is used

People say HR, not the full phrase, in everyday work: 'Speak to HR', 'Someone from HR will call you', 'HR manager'. During hiring, HR often sends the contract, collects documents and organises the first day.

Example sentences

  1. Someone from HR will contact you about the contract.

  2. I had a short call with HR before meeting the team.

Common collocations

  • HR department
  • HR manager
  • speak to HR
  • HR interview
  • recruiterA person whose job is to find and select people for jobs, either inside a company's HR team or at an external agency.
  • hiring managerThe manager who needs a new team member and who makes, or strongly influences, the final decision about who gets the job.
  • employment contractA legal agreement between an employer and an employee that sets out the job, pay, hours, holidays and other conditions of work.
  • background checkA check an employer carries out before or after an offer to confirm a candidate's identity, education, work history and sometimes criminal record.

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