What is HR? What does HR mean? The acronym HR has endless possibilities.  HR definitions can include Heart Rate, Human Respect, High Roller, House Rules and of course Human Resources.  For Recruiters, HR represents the Human Resources of an organization. According to Wikipedia, the definition of Human Resources is: the people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, or economy. “Human capital” is sometimes used synonymously with “human resources”, although human capital typically refers to a narrower effect (i.e., the knowledge the individuals embody and economic growth). Likewise, other terms sometimes used include manpower, talent, labour, personnel, “associates” or simply people. A human resource person or a human-resources department (HR department) of an organization performs human resource management which includes overseeing various aspects of employment, such as compliance with labour law and employment standards, administration of employee benefits, organizing of employees files with the required documents for future reference as well as , some aspects of recruitment. The activities of the Human Resources team can be broken down into staffing, development, compensation, health and safety, and employee and labour relations.  Some examples of this are: Determining the needs of staff and management Recruiting and training the best employees for an organization Hiring for permanent …