Tuesday, October 20, 2009

HR outsourcing

HR outsourcing is the current trend used by most of the companies.When it's time to slash HR costs, many businesses begin thinking about using an HRO (Human Resources Outsourcer), a third-party provider of common HR service.Companies relying on external experts to manage HR functions such as Recruitment, payroll and benefits can cut in-house staffing costs, improve services and grant growing companies access to enterprise-class benefits packages.

Some of the key services offered by HR-outsourcing providers include:

* Payroll management
* Wage and salary administration
* Retirement-plan development and administration
* Employee training
* Employee recruitment
* Heath care benefits planning and administration
* Employee relocation
* Incentive-plans development and management
* Executive development and coaching
* Temporary staffing
* Workers-compensation plan management
* Risk management
* Workforce-downsizing management
* Background checks
* Employee-handbook creation and updates
* HR-department optimization

Recruitment is the major service provided most of the HR outsourcing companies.Any business can find and hire new employees, but a major HRO with its wide-ranging expertise and geographic scope can handle sourcing, screening, testing, interviewing, background checking and drug testing far more professionally and efficiently than most in-house staffs. An HRO can also draw new hires from a wider and deeper applicant pool, giving its client company better quality workers in a shorter amount of time — a major intangible benefit.

Some key points that an organization should consider when looking for a HR service provider include:

* The types of HR services offered
* Pricing and contract terms
* Depth of HR experience
* Depth of experience in the relevant business field
* Technology availability and expertise
* Physical location
* Client-satisfaction history

Every business should at least examine the possibility of using an HR-outsourcing service. A careful cost-benefit analysis can help a company decide which operations, if any, should be outsourced.

In this recession,consultancies help a lot to aspiring candidates, who are in need of a job and also to organizations who would like to reduce costs,get good candidates into their company.They act as a bridge between the candidates and HR executives of various organizations.The time where we used to go in search of a job as changed due to consultancies wherein they call us for a job opening.Thanks to all consultants for lending an helping hand to many job aspiring candidates to land in a job.

3 comments:

  1. Nash ,The various things the hr is looking to applying in the company cannot be fulfilled without the help of work force management.

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  3. Hey, thanks for sharing human resource services,Now I can better understand what services are offered by human resource outsourcing and all mentioned points before taking a hr service for a business.

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