Effective Human Resources skills are vital for a successful business. But a full-fledged HR department is a luxury not available to many businesses, especially startups and SMEs.
Outsourcing HR gives a huge number of benefits, while allowing you to stay agile and streamlined, but more importantly, allowing you to retain and nuture your most important business asset – YOUR PEOPLE. Here are just a few of the services that outsourced HR can provide.
Hiring and onboarding
In business, people are key. And finding the right people can be a daunting process. HR professionals with experience in recruiting talent are a huge boon during the hiring phase. As well as reducing the work of sifting through applications, they will also be able to help you with crafting more effective job ads, knowing where to look, and hiring for cultural fit as well as competency.
One study showed that effective first-month onboarding of staff can increase employee retention by 82%. With that in mind, bringing in HR professionals to feed into this process can create huge, long-lasting benefits. Outsourced HR can provide you with the systems and processes to make sure onboarding goes well every time.
Retaining good talent
Once you’ve found your people, you want to hold on to them. But sometimes finding ways to keep good staff can feel like an uphill struggle.
What HR professionals can bring to the table is systems to help staff remain motivated for the long haul, and processes which you can easily follow to make sure your best people want to stay around.
Creating clear policies
I get it. Policy probably isn’t what gets you out of bed in the morning. But well-made policies are foundational for your business running well, and making sure you and your staff are well protected and fairly treated.
Your policies cover everything from recruitment and redundancy to annual leave and misconduct. Investing early on in policies that are fit-for-purpose will reap benefits down the line. Outsourcing these is a great way to ensure that the policy-makers are properly qualified and equipped.
Training and equipping your workforce
We know you want to get the very best out of your workforce, but finding the time to train and equip them can be tough. A good HR team will be able to help you put systems in place to identify skills gaps, and those employees with potential to upskill. They’ll also help find the best routes for training, whether that’s in-house or external.
Ensuring compliance and equality
Your product or service could be an industry leader, but if you haven’t ensured proper compliance then none of that matters. As an SME, it isn’t likely that you have a compliance expert on board. The good news is that outsourcing HR can offer you just that, and make sure that your products, services, premises and management are all set up to comply with all the relevant legislation.
Outsourced HR can also help ensure equality within your organisation, not just to comply with employment law but also to help create a culture in which all employees can thrive.
What are your HR needs?
Let’s discuss how outsourced HR can help your business to thrive. Book in a free 30 minute consultation call with us and see how we can help you.
