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Outsourcing Human Resources

Andy Johnson — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:08:22 +0000

There are two sides to every coin, and the same is the case with outsourcing human resources. It’s largely advantageous though, with more and more businesses turning to PEOs or employee leasing firms. Here are the pros and cons of outsourcing human resources:

Pros:

• HR outsourcing enables businesses to concentrate on their core competencies, ultimately resulting in better productivity and results for the company.

• With HR outsourcing, client companies can utilize their resources more effectively, as the human resources department is taken care of. It results in streamlined business processes.

• HR outsourcing enables employees of client companies to enjoy benefits typically offered in larger companies, these being outsourced from the PEO or employee leasing organization. The comprehensive benefits package offered by PEOs increases the buying power of companies in the job market and facilitates greater retaining of employees.

• The PEO consists of experts in the business and legal fields, who can positively influence the client company and help it make better decisions.

Cons:

• One of the most significant concerns with outsourcing human resources is the chance of misplaced loyalty. Employees outsourced might not put in the similar kind of effort as hired staff or display such an interest in your company.

• This inevitably leads to the question of control. It may be difficult to control employees in certain cases of outsourcing agreements where the employee is hired on contract and doesn’t need to report to anyone within the organization.

• Clients must watch out for hidden costs or unexpected changes in the services offered, and other aspects that differ from the contract they signed.

However, you can get rid of the disadvantages if you clarify all matters with the PEO such as costs, services offered, length of contract, employee loyalty, and other details before finalizing the contract. Ultimately, outsourcing human resources does work for the betterment for your organization.

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Hiring a Human Resources Consulting Firm

Killian Carbaugh — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:41:24 +0000

A human resources consulting firm can help to find you new employees for executive positions. Tell them what you want and they will interview and round it down to just a few of the best potential employees for you to interview yourself. This saves you lots of time allowing you to do your more important job. They can help you if you are downsizing and you need to lay off employees. This often leaves you with obligations to the employees you must lay off. These companies can help to arrange to retrain the people you must lay off, reducing your liabilities and finding new jobs for valued employees. They also offer assistant in teaching these workers how to prepare a resume and what to do when they are offered an opportunity to be interviewed for a new job. All of this makes for a more satisfactory parting of the ways.

A human resources consulting company can even help you to improve the morale around the office. They can conduct surveys to see how your employees feel about their job and by keeping the sources confidential, they can offer solutions without causing hard feelings. You want your workers to feel good about their jobs and not have gripes that they are unwilling to deal with.

Human resources strategy for running your business

Hiroshi — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:23:08 +0000

Human Resources
Working in partnership with you, we provide hands-on assistance to your managers and staff in all areas of the employment lifecycle from advertising a job, through to performance and reward management, and exit.
Policies & Procedures
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Conduct a detailed review of all current company policies and procedures in compliance with legal requirements and corporate initiatives and review bi-yearly.
Develop new employment policies and procedures as considered necessary.
Produce customised staff handbook containing all relevant policies and procedures in compliance with legal requirements.
Undertake detailed reviews of the organisations contracts of employment for permanent staff and contracts for service for casual staff if required adding all new legislative changes.
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Your company can realise economies of scale and achieve service standardisation by allowing us to manage the recruitment process from vacancy through to shortlisting and selection. We will undertake all administrative requirements throughout the lifecycle of the vacancy, updating all necessary systems where applicable. Intellect Business Services can do as much or little as required throughout the process.
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We can:
Undertake a review of all current Job Descriptions and Person Specifications, working with staff and managers to ensure they are reflective of the tasks that are undertaken.
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We work in partnership with the client to provide hands on assistance and guidence in circumstances that require the skills of a Human Resources professional or a Health and Safety consultant who is independent to your organisation. You can focus on your core business objectives, confident in the knowledge that these issues are being taken care of. We also provide tribunal representation.
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We provide a wide range of bespoke training to ensure managers are compliant with all aspects of employment and Health and Safety law; these could include maternity updates, disciplinary/grievance training, appraisal training, age discrimination and its impact. All course detail is written and delivered in partnership with you.
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We can keep all HR files and electronic records for your staff where required. We will ensure all compliance checks have been undertaken on your employees. We will store your HR records in an appropriate manner to safeguard the confidentiality of all records and data. We can produce HR reports as required.
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Intellect Business Services provide a complete accounting function to you without the need for employing an in-house specialist.
Whether you are a small sole trader or a large corporation, we can offer a fully tailored package to suit your needs. Your package can include monthly or quarterly management accounts, bookkeeping, invoice processing, credit management, budgets and forecasting, accounting software training and development, and any other service you feel can benefit your business.
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