5 reasons to hire an HR Consultant
If you are going to run a successful small business, you need to make sure that you have the best people around you. But top talent often comes with an investment that is out of the question for a business like yours.
Instead, consultants provide industry experience and strategic insight without having to fork out for a senior level employee.
Whether its culture, management structure or anything related to your people, an experienced HR consultant combines strategic insight with the tools and processes to improve business outcomes.
In this post, we look at the five main reasons to hire an HR consultant:
1) Fulfilling Gaps In HR Functions
An HR consultant can take the stress out of looking after your people by ensuring all the important HR functions are being taken care of.
Whether it’s managing contracts, legal compliance, staff onboarding or training & development, consultants can fulfill these functions while building long-term capability within the business.
In this way, you can spend less time doing admin and more time working on your business.
2) Help With Important Internal Projects
HR consultants can lead important internal projects such as a review of how your staff are compensated.
Experienced consultants have been there and done that, and have the expertise to lead projects and implement positive change within your organisation.
Though, implementing change is never easy. Especially when staff don’t see the immediate value of the new way of working.
In this way it can be useful to have an unbiased voice in the organisation who can communicate clear expectations, manage confrontation and adapt to the needs of the situation.
3) Find Talent Before Your Competitors
Finding the best talent is often about knowing the right people. These talented professionals are highly sought after and don’t tend to be on the job market for long.
So how do you find these people before they’re snapped up by competitors?
HR consultants tend to have connections in the right networks, such as with recruiters and senior HR managers. They have their eyes and ears open in the industry, and will often hear about staff resignations well before the company begins recruiting again.
In this way, HR consultants can help you to get in front of your next star employee before your competitors.
4) Remain Legally Compliant
As a busy business owner, you don’t need to be told that it’s difficult to keep up with all the changes in employment and health & safety laws in this country. Especially when you know that court action or a large penalty could signal the death knell for your small business.
So how do you remain compliant without any hassle?
With an HR consultant on your team, you have someone who can inform you of law changes as and when they come into effect. Likewise, someone who can provide simple, actionable advice to not just keep you compliant, but to be proactive about employee wellbeing.
5) Developing Your Staff
Oftentimes we’re so focused on the tasks at hand, that staff development is pushed to the bottom of the priority list.
But just like a car needs ongoing maintenance to continue running smoothly, employees need time and attention invested in them in order to remain engaged and performing well.
By outsourcing their development to an experienced consultant, you can ensure that the right systems are in place to motivate staff and keep them accountable to both individual goals and those of the business.
If you are keen to get the most out of your employees with the use of an independent HR consultant, get in touch.