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HR consultancy for small businesses
As a small business owner, the decision on whether or not you need support from an HR consultant and how to go about getting it can be a bit of a headache – you don’t have enough employees to warrant needing a dedicated resource, but you also don’t have the expertise within your small business (Google doesn’t really cut it), and the thought of getting things wrong and the potential consequences of that is nightmare-inducing.
This is where we step in to tell you that outsourcing your HR to a consultant is an absolute no-brainer. A cost and time-effective way of accessing the HR expertise that you need to help your people, and your business, flourish - our mission is to work with you to create a place where your people love to work.
Here are just a few of the many ways that we, The HR Consultants, can make a big difference in your small business.
Find out about HR services for your small business from The HR Consultants
Get your house in order
When working with small businesses, we tend to find there is a tipping point where it becomes apparent that just ‘muddling along’ with HR is no longer an option, and this tends to happen quite quickly, usually with the addition of just one or two new hires.
There are different legal requirements guiding what you need to have in place within your business, depending on the number of people that you employ; but aside from what’s required from a compliance perspective, employees like to have clarity around the policies and procedures associated with their employment. Having these basics in place shows that you are taking your responsibility as an employer seriously, investing in your people and ultimately giving your employees assurance that you know how to support them when they need it.
Our HR consultants can work with you to make sure all of the relevant documentation for your business is in place, including job offer packs, policies and an employee handbook. Check out our Brilliant Basics packages for more information on how we can help you to get your house in order.
Trusted HR Expertise
It’s an unfortunate reality of running a business and employing people, that, from time to time you will face challenges. At these times, having support from an HR consultant for your small business is really vital in achieving the best outcomes for both you and your people, and minimising any potential legal and reputational risks along the way.
Employment Law is a tricky area, and it’s continuously evolving and changing as new cases go through the system and new governments come into power. Engaging with an HR Consultant, especially when you sense a storm brewing, gives you the piece of mind that you are doing the right thing and protecting yourself, your business, and your people.
We make sure we keep ahead of the curve when it comes to changes in the employment landscape, not only from a legal perspective, but also from a best practice and ‘what other businesses are doing’ point of view. Not only that, whilst you may be talking to just one of us about any issues you are experiencing, you can be sure that we have the weight of the team behind us; and collectively, there really isn’t a lot that we haven’t seen before!
An outsider’s perspective
Being the owner of a small business can be a lonely gig; you can feel under a great deal of pressure at times but you have to shoulder it all yourself for fear of creating uncertainty within your team by sharing the things that are worrying you. Equally, you might have some really exciting plans that you’re not quite ready to talk to the team about yet or not sure how to put into action.
We often get feedback from our clients that this is where we make a real difference; by being someone on the outside, who has a deep understanding of your unique business, that you can use as a sounding board, share the things that are on your mind without fear of consequence; and act as your trusted advisor in everything related to your people.
As outsiders, there’s no challenge for us around internal politics and our only interest is in wanting you to succeed; this means we can be really objective, tell you what we’re seeing, provide challenge, and hold up the mirror for you when you need us to: whether that is helping you to see other perspectives, pulling you back down to what’s really important, or just sharing new ideas and ways of doing things.
Set your business apart
You have all your basics in place, and now you’re looking for ways to really elevate your people activity above that of your competitors. We all know that hiring and retaining people in the current climate is extremely challenging and small businesses, who may not be able to pay the highest rates, need to find new and innovative ways to differentiate themselves to remain competitive in the employment market.
Now this is the stuff that gets us excited, and there are so many ways that we can work with you to build on all of the great things you already have in place to really set you apart from other businesses:
We could conduct a Gap Analysis to identify the opportunities between where you currently are and where you would like to be from a people perspective and work with you to develop a plan of action to get there. Perhaps you need some help in attracting new people into your business by maximising your 'employer brand': understanding what your people love about working with you, what sets you apart, and how to pull all of this together into a really attractive and eye-catching proposition for your recruitment campaigns. Or maybe you’re at the point of wanting to step away from day-to-day management so that you can work ‘on’ the business instead of ‘in’ it and need to invest in developing those around you to step confidently into positions of leadership, via coaching or a more structured programme of learning.
Talk to us today about how we can support your small business plans, whatever they look like.
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