personnel
Workers on payroll
Personnel are the people who work for an organization—its employees, staff, or workforce.
The word often appears in institutional contexts: personnel records, military personnel, personnel department.
It takes a plural verb when referring to individuals collectively: All personnel are required to attend the training.
Paid staff members
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- workforceAll available workers
- managersThose who oversee operations
- executivesSenior corporate officers
supervisors · coordinators · administrators · associates · colleagues · team · hires · contractors
Military personnel collectively
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- servicemembersActive military personnel
- enlistedSigned up formally
- officersThose holding authority
veterans · reservists · guardsmen · combatants · cadets · marines · infantry · airmen
Administrative office employees
- secretariesOffice administrative assistants
- assistantsPeople who provide support
- aidesSubordinate staff members
- receptionistsStaff who greet visitors
registrars · accountants · bookkeepers · dispatchers · schedulers · typists · filing · paperwork
Skilled equipment handlers
- operatorsThose who manage equipment
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- custodiansThose entrusted with care
- janitorsBuilding maintenance workers
groundskeepers · mechanics · handlers · drivers · crews · shifts · crews · installers
employees
Paid staff members
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
- workforceAll available workers
- managersThose who oversee operations
executives · supervisors · coordinators · administrators · associates · colleagues · team · hires · contractors · interns
troops
Military personnel collectively
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- servicemembersActive military personnel
- enlistedSigned up formally
officers · veterans · reservists · guardsmen · combatants · cadets · marines · infantry · airmen · sailors
clerks
Administrative office employees
- secretariesOffice administrative assistants
- assistantsPeople who provide support
- aidesSubordinate staff members
receptionists · registrars · accountants · bookkeepers · dispatchers · schedulers · typists · filing · paperwork · office
technicians
Skilled equipment handlers
- operatorsThose who manage equipment
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- custodiansThose entrusted with care
janitors · groundskeepers · mechanics · handlers · drivers · crews · shifts · crews · installers · inspectors
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- armyinfantry, cavalry, soldiers, artillery, officers
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- Military Affairsmilitary, defense secretary, War Department, defense strategy, military policy
- U.S. MilitaryArmy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Pentagon
- Canadian MilitaryCanadian Armed Forces, Canadian Army, DND, military branches, service branches
personneloutsiders
Those not belonging
civilians · nonmembers · contractors · the public · visitors
personnelmanagement
Organizing and directing resources
leadership · employers · executives · ownership · administration
- essential personnelStaff too vital to furlough
- personnel managementOverseeing an organization's workers
- military personnelMembers of armed forces
- medical personnelStaff providing health treatment
- enlisted personnelNon-commissioned military members
- personnel carriersVehicles for moving troops