Human Resources is critical to the operation of any business. However, business owners usually lack the time and/or expertise to cater to the day-to-day HR needs of their company. By outsourcing to a HR Consultant, you will ease this burden off your shoulders and hand the reigns to experienced professionals. Moreover, you save on having to pay a full-time salary for an in-house HR Consultant (an average base salary of $90,973, as of December 2021). At EQ People, we understand that employees are essential to the functioning of any business, so look at how hiring a HR Consultant can help build an engaged and high performing team.
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- Immediate impact: since they aren’t technically a ‘new employee’, they do not require any training period to get up to speed and can hit the ground running. This saves you the productivity otherwise lost on initiating a new hire.
- Supported solutions: Years of best practices and experience with multiple clients underpin their knowledge, leaving you with peace of mind about them being able to handle manage your HR needs.
- Personalised offerings: They customise their service to suit your business, as there is no standardised solution. They can provide an outside-the-box perspective on what your business needs or could benefit from. This fresh perspective might be what your business is missing to take it to the next level.
- Scout talent: They will help you grow your team with the cream of the crop of talent, in turn helping you access and serve more customers than ever before. This includes reducing candidate screening times, finding cultural fits, and streamlining onboarding processes. This is especially important if you are on the hunt for a specialised hire, whereby a HR Consultant can not only find you the best candidate, but also optimise your internal recruitment strategy going forward.
- Sustain employee performance: HR Consultants can maintain performance expectations by introducing performance appraisals and aligning position descriptions . By proding role clarity and assessing the contribution of individuals, HR Consultants can adjudge whether they are positively advancing the business or hindering its progress. A consultant can provide advice on how to best maximise employee engagement and performance.
- Assuage liability: Employee Relations Legislation is a constantly changing landscape. It is nearly impossible to run a successful business and stay abreast of the evolving rules and requirements of your industry. Even though you can educate yourself in these matters, this may be an area best left to the professionals. HR consultants can shield you from the legal risks associated with regulatory changes, disciplinary action, employee terminations, and more.
With all things considered, any business would benefit greatly from an outsourced HR Consultant, allowing you to focus on being a ‘business owner’ without worrying about HR hurdles. Julie Quinlan and Angie Jones from EQ People endeavour to take HR pressures off business owners and are backed by their experience in HR Consulting services in Melbourne, and across Australia. Have a chat with us today to find out more about how we can raise your HR game.
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