人材

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 人材 is read じんざい.
• Basic usage: It refers to capable people or personnel with the skills and experience needed for a role or organization.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Developing people
  • 人材を育てる means training people to fill a needed role.
• Stating a need
  • In 人材が必要だ, the needed personnel are marked as the subject.