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Outsourcing HR Functions: Is it Worthwhile?

Hppy

While outsourcing is among the many trends in HR management , is it really worthwhile? This article weighs in on the benefits and drawbacks of HR outsourcing. What are the Benefits of Outsourcing HR Tasks? Outsourcing HR functions to experienced organizations come with several benefits. 4. Flexibility.

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Creating an HR Function – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

Specifically, when and how to bring the HR function into the company. Our firm has about 80 people, and we’ve decided it’s time to ramp up our HR function. What we really need help in is recruiting, but we also need to build training, HR coaching, and other strategic HR services and systems.

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Organizations: Maximize Productivity with Effective Scheduling

HR Bartender

Many organizations have already aligned staffing with other HR functions like compensation, benefits, training, etc. Organizational Productivity: Staffing and Scheduling Must Work Together. Staffing and scheduling are two different things. Scheduling shouldn’t be considered a stand-alone activity.

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The HR function has room to grow, urges one author

HR Brew

While HR has changed significantly in the last several years, some experts say the function still has more room for improvement. One of those experts is Lucy Adams, CEO of London, England-based consultancy Disruptive HR.

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2020 Report: The Future of HR

The landscape of HR is shifting from everyday HR functions to strategic HR initiatives like recruiting, people & labor cost management and more. To gauge the present and future of HR, Paycor interviewed more than 500 leaders of medium and small businesses.

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For this HR “vigilante,” the C-suite was a stop, not the destination

HR Brew

I'm like this vigilante for the HR function itself,” she said. She also said that addressing personal issues in the workplace can sometimes be easier and less risky for people than in other settings, such as with a romantic partner.

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Starting Up: This startup founder wants to make the HR function as nimble as a gecko

HR Brew

Each week, we get into the weeds with the founders of HR tech startups. Jay Polaki has been an HR professional for about a quarter century, starting her career in HR back when paperwork was completed on paper, before the “dot-com revolution.” Want to tell us about your company? Get in touch here.

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Are There Gaps in Your HR Policies?

Putting the right HR policies in place can help your organization grow smoothly and help your company culture thrive. Use this essential HR checklist to cover the basics and make sure there aren’t any gaps in your HR functions.

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Practical Improvements in Organization Design

Speaker: Jon Ingham, Executive Consultant, Strategic Dynamics Consultancy Services

HR functions need to balance their investment in talent management with more focus on organisation design. HR managers, business partners, organisation design advisors and other professionals in the HR function should be looking to support more strategic activities by making practical improvements in organisation design.

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Ethical & Data Driven AI in HCM: 3 Considerations for Enterprise Leaders

Since entering the public business domain, AI has proven to be a powerful tool for optimizing HR functions — from streamlining recruitment processes, to helping identify top talent, and even boosting employee engagement. to "what should we do?"

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You Can Do This: Drive Company Value with a HR Application Network

Speaker: Steve Pruneau, HRIS Solution Architect

This webinar will outline the cost and benefits of HR suite solutions that deliver integrated HR, Payroll, Employee Time, and Benefits. It will compare the HR suite approach to a true application network approach that can bring best-in-class boutique applications for each HR function and reduce vendor lock-in.

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Connecting the Dots Between Your HR Systems Strategy and Strategic HR

Speaker: Stacey Harris - Chief Research Officer & Managing Partner, Sapient Insights Group

This session is critical for anyone looking to increase the value of their existing HR systems or preparing to embark on a purchasing effort in the near future for their HR organization.

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The Power of Recognition: How HR & Business Leaders Can Partner to Develop a Strategy for Recognizing Employees

Speaker: Keri Ohlrich, CEO & Kelly Guenther, COO, Abbracci Group

A formal strategy designed with business leaders and HR is what will be most impactful and sustainable. Recognition needs to be regarded as a critical business and HR function. How does HR and business leaders hold themselves accountable for ensuring the program created is implemented?

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Today’s Curriculum for the Higher Ed HR Leader

Speaker: Joseph Clay, Business Transformation Strategist at Oracle, and Jeffrey Haynes, Director with Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP

One thing they all have in common: Their head of HR must align the HR function to best support the institution as it navigates this current landscape. While VPs of HR in higher education share many of the same challenges as their corporate peers, they are a “different animal”, with unique issues and far fewer resources.

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Up Your Analytics Game: How to Empower People to Take Action

Speaker: Tom Davenport, President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management, Babson College

HR leaders in Financial Services are adopting the use of data and analytics faster than many other business functions and job roles. For so long their focus has been within the HR function; they express doubt regarding their ability to collaborate effectively with their Finance counterparts to uncover actionable insights.