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In the ideal company, HR professionals would help their company deliver growth by concentrating on strategy, planning and other ways of enhancing the business. Yet in a survey half of large organisations estimated that their support staff spend up to 2 to 3 days a week on HR administrative duties such as servicing payroll, personnel, benefits and other processes. Time and capacity can be scarce resources.

What can be achieved by outsourcing HR functions?

Reducing operating costs is often the main reason to consider HR outsourcing. The financial benefits are two-fold. In the first place, savings are made by capitalising on the economies of scale that only a dedicated outsourcing provider can deliver. Secondly, profit and productivity can be improved when the very best HR policies are adopted.

But organisations are now often looking for additional benefits that outsourcing can bring:

You can ensure best practice by working with specialist HR experts - Best practice in staff benefits, health & safety, welfare, employee relations, training, recruitment and administration can be hard to achieve, especially with an under-resourced, over-stretched HR function.
HR managers and directors can spend more time on strategic issues - The senior HR team can get bogged down in managing the administration of standard processes. By outsourcing this task, they can concentrate on contributing to their organisation’s success.

Asking NorthgateArinso to manage all or part of your HR function brings you access to specialist expertise. As a result, your policies and procedures are reviewed and improved where necessary. Plus, all or some aspects of your administration are carried out by an experienced and qualified team, delivering high service levels to your employees. (And incidentally, outsourcing has often provided new opportunities for staff who have joined NorthgateArinso under TUPE arrangements.)

Organisations of all sizes entrust HR functions to us. Some are SMEs employing a few hundred people, some are blue chip companies with thousands of employees. They might ask us to provide individual HR services such as the review and development of job evaluation, recruitment and selection policies, or to run every administrative aspect of their HR function.

We supply a great breadth of services. Clients look to us for the full range of HR services, from developing HR strategy through to operational level activity such as professional advice during tribunal proceedings. And of course we can look after every conceivable aspect of HR administration - and we can provide payroll services as part of the arrangement.

HR Outsourcing

Many organisations have considered the possibility of HR outsourcing, but place it to the back of their minds and continue to deal with the day to day running of their business. This is understandable, particularly given the difficult economic climate we have been experiencing lately, but in doing this, organisations may be missing out on opportunities which can help them run their business more efficiently and maximise profits. If this sounds like your organisation - and you have considered how HR outsourcing may help but you are not quite convinced - then you really should take a few minutes to look at the benefits of human resource outsourcing.

First of all - and this is perhaps the most important point - by opting to outsource HR, this will allow you to focus on your core business. It is a fact that just about every business has limited resources, and every manager within those companies has limited time to deal with the many elements which come to his or her attention throughout the working day. If you outsource human resources, this is one way in which you can shift the focus away from these peripheral activities - which are essential but time consuming - to the strategic parts of your business which serves the customer.

Small Businesses can benefit from HR Outsourcing

There is another aspect of HR outsourcing which may be significant to you if you are running a small business. Most small to medium companies just cannot afford to run in-house support services that the larger companies maintain, and as this includes HR, this is where human resource outsourcing can help you. HR outsourcing levels the playing field for smaller companies by giving them access to the same economies of scale, efficiency, and expertise that the larger companies enjoy. And as this point cannot be stressed enough, it's worth pointing out that by choosing a company which takes care of your HR outsourcing, you can get on with the job of giving your customers the best service while the outsource human resources company takes care of this aspect of your business.
When it comes to looking after HR outsourcing for SMEs or LMEs, NorthgateArinso are the experts. As we have seen above, although HR outsourcing is regarded as a method of streamlining your company and reducing operating costs, NorthgateArinso add the strategic advantages gained through the use of their integrated HR systems in an outsourced environment which deliver far reaching business benefits, no matter the size of your company.

Human Resource Outsourcing takes traditional outsourcing one step further. Whether you are an LME seeking a global multi-process HR outsourcing solution or a global multi-country payroll outsourcing solution, or an SME looking for a local payroll outsourcing solution - or any combination in between - NorthgateArinso can help.

So now you know a little more about HR outsourcing you should be able to see the many benefits which this can bring to your company. For further information or advice on human resource outsourcing, contact NorthgateArinso and they will be happy to help.

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