Advantages of outsourcing HR (that are applicable to every industry)

We all know what the process of outsourcing work is – you hire an individual or independent agency to support your team, whether to improve capacity for work, to bring in new or specialist expertise, or simply, because it suits you to work this way. 

There does tend to be a belief that ‘specialist’ or niche industries cannot enjoy any of the advantages of outsourcing. This myth is upheld on the grounds that it’s too hard to bring another professional into the business, whether because of the niche set of hard skills required or because of a unique culture and way of operating. 

We are going to bust this myth and talk about how every business type, in every industry, with any structure or set up, can outsource some of their business functions. Specifically, we’re going to talk about choosing HR outsourcing and the advantages for your business, wherever you are in the world. 

HR is a business function that you can wholly offload and choose to outsource or opt to subcontract or delegate. Let’s take a look. 

Protect Your Business

First things first, the primary role of HR is to protect the business they work for. This is by setting up policies, procedures and boundaries for all everyone in the organisation to work within. This creates structure, accountability and safety – for everyone. 

Part of this responsibility is to keep up to date with regulations, as well as policies and adapting procedures as required. This is an iterative and evolving piece of work that requires regular upkeep. In specialist industries, this can actually be more prevalent – think health and safety changes, risk assessments, data protection changes and laws, procedures for developing teams and so much more. 

Failing to meet regulatory requirements and satisfy laws can mean that your business is at-risk of litigation or ceasing operations. Both are obviously costly mistakes but a support of a HR agency or professional can manage this for you, without the need to take on someone in-house, full time. Ultimately, in this instance, you may work in a niche industry, but the person you outsource your HR doesn’t need to – their specialism is exactly what you’ve hired them for. 

Establish Healthy Trust 

Businesses look a little less ‘traditional’ today. You might have remote teams, working all over the world. Satellite offices, on-the-road engineers, freelancers, contractors, part-timers, casual workers – all require something a little different.

Meeting the needs of all your employees (whatever your agreement looks like) is going to be tough and constantly trying to support everyone can take a toll on employee relations – especially in scenarios where some feel ignored or overlooked, in an ‘out of sight, out of mind’ kind of way. 

Again, this is where HR outsourcing comes in to help. Not only can HR professionals help you organise frameworks for feedback and building positive relationships, but an HR agency can also help you offload some of the less important or more administrative management completely – often through the implementation of technology – with the aim to create space for more considered approach to employee relations. 

Moreover, businesses that do not have a dedicated HR professional or team tend to rely on leaders, ops executives, finance directors etc. to also take on the role of HR. This can become extremely overwhelming, but also complicated for employees who feel they have no space to complain or raise concerns.

In fact, outsourcing HR to a company who are on-hand when needed and can be contacted by individual employees can build trust, improve feedback and demonstrate a care for individuals in the business. There’s no limit to the positive impact that can come from better, open communication within an organisation. 

Specialists for Specialists 

So you work in a specialist industry? Maybe it’s a bit complicated? 

So is HR. Simply put, the role of a specialist is to fill a need and make it easy for everyone else to continue working. That’s what HR outsourcing can provide for your business. 

Working with an HR outsourcing firm, you’ll be working with dedicated experts in their field. Perhaps just like your own operation, they are the top of their game. This means that they are equipped to create solutions, frameworks, initiatives and resolve problems even in the most complicated of circumstances. 

When working with them on an outsourced or consulting basis, they’re also going to be flexible, able to support a project or problem and then go back to the maintenance phase, if that’s all you require. Remember that HR projects can be anything from mergers, terminations and organisational restructurings to employee value propositions and changing the company’s branding to prospective employees.

It can also be changing or establishing an intentional workplace culture, implementing development opportunities, creating coaching plans or something as serious as workplace investigations. In all these instances, we’re confident you’ll know that you need an experienced specialist to help you achieve the best result for your business.

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