Why You Need a HR Team

You could be an excellent business director, and an excellent leader, but if you don't have any employees you're going to struggle to lead anybody. The one thing that most business owners forget is that their employees are their bread and butter. Without employees, the product or service you are trying to push doesn't go anywhere. It doesn't become marketable, it's not given a presence, and your business is not given the voice that you think it deserves.

Every small business needs to have enthusiastic employees if you want to propel it forward, but the only way you should ever start hiring people is after you have established an excellent HR department. You need a HR department for a variety of reasons, but it's not just about preventing gross misconduct. It's also about keeping employees motivated and unhappy, which can be a strenuous job for an employer. Nobody works for free, because life is expensive, and in this article we've discussed some of the best reasons why every small business owner needs to put together a HR department, weather inhouse or outsourced.

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• Hiring. One of the biggest functions of a HR department is to hire people. But more than that you need this function taken off of your plate. It's not just about throwing an advert onto the Internet, interviewing a couple of people and picking one. You have to consider all of the processes involved in hiring including job creations, descriptions, adverts, filtering out the resumes that come through, conducting assessments in ability and skills, organizing and attending face to face interviews, background checks, the list goes on. You need a good and dedicated HR team to manage each of these processes for you if you want to recruit the right employee.
  

• To establish workplace policies. Almost every business out there has a workplace handbook. This details every single policy in place in a company, and it helps to establish those workplace norms. You need to be able to foster a positive work environment that is completely free from gossip, rumors and litigation. The HR team that you hire will be able to do this while outlining things such as values admissions of the business. They will also help to keep you in line as a leader so that you are not expecting too much from your employees, or from the growth without the infrastructure in place.
  

• They will keep you compliant. From health and safety compliance to legal compliance, you need to ensure that your business is aboveboard in every direction. A dedicated Ann concentrated HR team will be able to do this for you. They already know what employment laws are important that will govern your organization, and they will also be able to ensure that all practices in your workplace align with the law. Your HR team will also help you to conduct regular audits internally to ensure that there are no gaps in your workplace that could be exposed.

It's a smart idea to have your HR team up and running before you start hiring anybody else. Choosing where to get one of these is completely down to a business leader, but it's important to choose correctly so that you know you have your business in good hands.