Outsourced HR Support

 

 

What is HR Outsourcing and is it really a good idea?

 

The answer to the first question really depends on who you ask and the answer to the second question is – it depends of how you measure your success criteria.

Outsourcing of so called operational functions has commonplace – HR Outsourcing is no different as many companies see it as a way to save money.

If you do think that HR Outsourcing will save you money – we’d advise that you spend considerable time assessing how you measure cost – Outsourced HR support does NOT necessarily save you money.

As we said earlier – HR Outsourcing means different things to different people, Cream HR supports business in a variety of ways;

We provide SHARED SERVICES where we work closely with an internal HR team to will help extend their capacity to deliver as well as providing expert legal support to help ensure that everything that we and they do doesn’t result in unwanted issues allowing the HR team to focus on their key goals.

Some businesses prefer us to provide TOTAL OUTSOURCED HR SUPPORT where we undertake the role of the HR function for the entire business (NOT PAYROLL – that’s not us!) In these situations we provide guidance and direction to line managers in support of their day to day operations. We will do all of the awkward and time consuming “behind the scenes” work and help coach and support the managers to implement agreed strategies and directives.  

Once again all of our HR Support services are supported by expert legal advice to ensure that we all of our work is applied in line with the latest statutory guidelines and best practice.

Other businesses like to use us to help deliver specific Project based HR Support. The nature of these projects can a vary enormously from relatively simple procedural updates to creating and implementing new Performance Management Processes, devising and delivering Management development Programs  – the list is endless and our customized services normal enable us to deliver exactly what you want on any HR related project.

We provide a number of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME’s) with Complete HR Support Services working closely with the owners and senior management teams to provide a level of expertise and support that they would struggle to recruit (and justify) within their business  at a fraction of the cost.

In these instances the owners often take a view that they don’t necessarily need 24×7 HR on site, but they do need real expertise on tap delivering solutions that they need quickly and effectively.

The one thing that we do know is that ALL of our customers really like the objectivity and expertise that we offer – of course we want to build long lasting relationships with all of our customers, but we don’t have a career path to follow so we’re not trying to please any one in particular – this can make a massive difference when dealing with highly emotive situations.

If you are considering Outsourced HR Support and before you do anything spend some time to think clearly about what you want to achieve, this will be fundamental to its (and your) success.

Second in importance (and only really on the basis of ordering) is selecting an outsourcing partner that really can fit around your needs and deliver a level of service and support that reflect exactly what you want your business to aspire to.

There will always be risk associated with adopting HR Outsourcing, you may or may not save money, before you do anything we’d love you to talk to us. We can talk for ever on the subject, but we’ll probably just ask you to speak to one of our customers for their opinion – they know best……..

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