A recent survey has shown that 57% of today’s business executives outsource all or part of their HR functions. While offloading tasks when your team is overwhelmed is certainly helpful, your team can also benefit from the expertise of an HR consultant.
HR consultants act as an extension of your team, guiding them on developing effective policies and practices. Then, armed with the right knowledge and advice, your team can build processes that drive long-term results.
What Can an HR Consultant Do for Your Company?
Are you thinking about investing in HR consulting services? Consider the following ways a consultant can provide a much-needed boost to your current team.
Recruiting and Hiring
Nearly three-fourths of businesses are facing recruiting challenges. In this landscape, an HR consultant gives you an advantage over your competitors. They can review open positions, helping you write effective job descriptions and ads that attract candidates with the hard skills to get the job done and the personal traits that fit in with your culture.
They’ll also help you build a comprehensive recruiting strategy to source active and passive candidates in the right places and engage them in ways that resonate with their professional goals and core values. You’ll also learn techniques for building a talent pipeline to reduce time to hire and cost per hire metrics.
Employee Onboarding
Onboarding is about more than just giving new hires a checklist of tasks to complete. Working with an HR consultant, you can develop and implement a structured onboarding program that outlines processes, timelines, and expectations in a way that brings clarity and lowers a new hire’s time to productivity.
Your consultant can also ensure that your onboarding processes align with labor laws while facilitating connection and camaraderie with the team.
Total Rewards Packages
When creating compensation and benefits packages, HR teams must balance financial and compliance concerns with employee and candidate needs and expectations.
An HR consultant can ensure that your packages meet local requirements and are competitive for your industry. They’ll help you consider the big picture and create a total rewards strategy that aligns with your budget.
Training and Development
From safety to employee upskilling, your training and development program should equip your workforce with the skills they need to thrive. An HR consultant can identify critical areas where your workforce may need training and help you build a learning management platform to deliver this training when and where it’s needed.
Your consultant can also build an effective strategy for career pathing. This allows you to better retain top talent by ensuring employees are clear on progression opportunities and have what it takes to qualify for promotions.
Human Resources Compliance
An HR consultant can ensure that all of your policies and practices fall in line with labor, tax, and business laws. This does more than simply keep fines and penalties at bay; by going above and beyond with compliance, you build trust with your employees and other stakeholders.
In addition to auditing your current practices, your consultant can help you stay on top of new legislation, explain how it may impact your operations, and help you retool your policies to ensure total compliance.
Culture and Employee Experience
Your company culture not only helps you attract top talent but also affects important metrics related to retention, satisfaction, productivity, and engagement. However, building an exceptional culture is no easy feat.
With the help of your HR consultant, you’ll define the values and objectives that drive the culture you want to build. Then, you’ll create policies and practices that solidify it within your organization. This might include strategies for collecting and tracking employee feedback, along with solutions that ensure employees feel supported so they can do their best work.
Bring the Right Expertise to the Table
Having a small or overwhelmed HR team doesn’t mean your company has to fall behind. A consultant can offer relief for overburdened teams and ensure that your hiring and HR processes are compliant and competitive.
From recruiting and onboarding to benefits, training, and culture, AssetHR knows what it takes to help companies strengthen their HR practices. Get in touch today to learn more about our HR consulting services.