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Outsourcing HR Functions: Is it Worthwhile?

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While outsourcing is among the many trends in HR management , is it really worthwhile? This article weighs in on the benefits and drawbacks of HR outsourcing. What are the Benefits of Outsourcing HR Tasks? Outsourcing HR functions to experienced organizations come with several benefits. 4. Flexibility.

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Averbook: How HR is writing the book on coronavirus

HRExecutive

We’re part of the history book and we’re part of writing the next book, all at once. As a business owner, one of the most fascinating things about the pandemic and its global impact is that there is no book written about this situation. For example, in finance, if we want to find out how to do accounting, we’d read a book.

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HR pros can use Marie Kondo’s method for tidying up to simplify people practices

HR Brew

Marie Kondo’s methods for tidying up may have applications in HR, according to Terence Mauri, leadership and AI speaker and author. He shared with HR Brew lessons from his book. What are some HR takeaways from your book? This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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The HR function has room to grow, urges one author

HR Brew

One of those experts is Lucy Adams, CEO of London, England-based consultancy Disruptive HR. Her 2017 book, HR Disrupted , explores what Adams sees as the function’s fundamental problems, and has been revered as a quintessential read for HR pros. Adams shared with HR Brew what people leaders can learn from her book.

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Starting Up: This founder is putting employees in the driver’s seat when it comes to upskilling

HR Brew

Gilman, the startup’s CEO, told HR Brew that upskilling is an area ripe for improvement in the HR function. When OneRange’s co-founders, Steve Gilman and Houtan Fanisalek, were ideating their next project, corporate learning came to mind. Why don’t we concentrate on something like professional development that everybody needs?”

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8 ways HR expertise helps facilitate business growth

Insperity

In fact, your company’s strategic HR expertise is nothing less than critical in facilitating business growth and helping to avoid common pitfalls and challenges that can plague organizations trying to scale. So, what do we mean by “strategic HR?” It’s much bigger than the tactical HR functions we tend to first associate with HR.

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We’ve got a new reporter on the HR Brew team

HR Brew

You’ll begin to notice her bylines in the HR Brew newsletter, where she’ll be covering recruitment and retention in the near future. In her free time, Paige likes hiking, reading and looking for new book recommendations, exploring different parts of the US, cooking and baking, and checking out antique and thrift stores. Or all three!

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