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Welcome to our HR News, Views & Advice.
Why Every Organisation Needs an HR Audit
As we head towards Spring, it’s the perfect time to clean house — not just a personal refresh but for your organisation too. While you’re setting goals and mapping out strategies for the year ahead, consider this: Is your HR function set up to support your success?
Colleen Bloomfield highlights the benefits of an HR Audit, and gives some pointers to help you get started.
How To Choose the Right HR Consultancy - Part Two
Martin Nicholson highlights some of the best other HR Consultancies in Hampshire. At ProAction HR we are always keen to work alongside our clients to meet their needs, adapt to their requirements, and align our values. But we recognise everybody is looking for something different, and it’s important to have a range of choices for such a crucial partnership for your business. So, who are some of our fellow Hampshire HR Consultancies…?
How To Choose the Right HR Consultancy
With impending changes in employment law and the increased cost of wages in the UK, there’s clearly a need to garner greater output from your biggest investment: your people. So it’s probably the right time to make sure you have the right HR partner alongside you. Here are our thoughts on what you should be looking for when choosing the right Organisation to work with you moving forward.
What Exactly is HR?
Is it a daft question? Martin Nicholson doesn’t think so. After 30 years in the profession, he’s well aware that there is a broad range of beliefs and understanding about what HR stands for and should be.
Here he discusses what HR covers in a business, and how he sees the function helping organisations thrive through the value and uniqueness of their people. Oh, and what it should be called!
Employee Retention - it’s not just about a pay rise
Martin Nicholson encourages you to consider ways to mitigate the risk of staff leaving you in 2024.
Employment Lawyer vs. HR
Martin Nicholson discusses the relationship between an HR Practitioner and an Employment Lawyer, and whether employers need to choose between the two.
Launch of 2024 Awareness Calendar - to enhance your employee engagement
Awareness days, months & weeks are a great opportunity to engage with your employees and our 2024 Awareness calendar makes it easy to do this.
Awareness Calendar - Ideas for Employee Engagement
Awareness days, and also months & weeks throughout the year are a great opportunity to connect with your employees, and show you care about what your people care about. Our Awareness calendar makes it easy to do this.
ProAction shares 5 key HR tips on Voice FM
ProAction was on Voice FM’s The Business Show recently to share top tips on how to look after your people whilst also proactively looking after yourself!
Something for nothing in a world where everything has a cost?
As an added employee benefit that costs you the employer nothing but some cash flow, and gives your employees an additional benefit, the often under utilised Cycle to Work scheme is a clear winner in the war to retain top talent.
HR Essentials Webinar: Recruitment in 2023 & Beyond
April sees the launch of the first in our series of HR Essentials Webinars to support your HR activities - offering a whole host of tips for successful recruitment.
5 Reasons to Outsource Your Payroll
Getting payroll right is vital for the most valuable asset your organisation has, your people! We explore the benefits of outsourcing your payroll to allow you to focus on other areas of managing your business.
Guide to Recruitment Advertising in a Candidate Driven Job Market
With no end in sight for the UK's candidate driven jobs market, this guide covers a whole range of tips on recruitment advertising.
Extra Bank Holiday for Coronation of King Charles in May 2023
Your decision as an employer will depend on how you wish to approach this extra bank holiday – contractually or from a goodwill and practical way.
Could an ATS make you more attractive than your competitors?
As the fallout from the global pandemic recedes, it was believed that so would the war for talent, but that is not the case according to recent reports. How can you ensure that you stand out & offer a recruitment experience that attracts talent to join your organisation?
HR Trends for 2023 Part 2
The team at ProAction HR have identified what we believe to be the eight key HR trends for 2023. This is Part two of our findings which focuses on employee experience, diversity & inclusion, benefits, and also recruitment & onboarding.
Six Steps to Successful DIY Recruitment for SMEs
One key trend for HR in 2023 is going to be the need to fine tune the recruitment and onboarding experience you offer. This could mean the difference between you successfully hiring someone or losing the talent to your competitor!
2023 Awareness Calendar Launch
Awareness Days, months & weeks give you an opportunity to connect with your employees, supporting important events can show you care about what your people care about. Our 2023 Awareness calendar makes it easy to do this.
Cheers to you!
“Small” business may be our label like so many others, but there is nothing small about every achievement, every client, every new customer, every product development, every new staff member acquired, and every objective met by employees. For EACH and every step forward each small business has taken over the past 12 months, we salute you.
Do you need any more apples in your HR basket?
Do you have dedicated HR resource, or is area of managing your business assigned to your managers? A key 2023 HR trend is employee experience, so informed people management is critical.