Considering whether to employ an in-house HR Manager or HR Consulting Services isn’t normally top of a business owners to do list. However, regardless of size, a business will need HR expertise at some point and without dedicated resources this can be a struggle as people issues are usually time consuming, complex or you are just not sure what steps you need to take with an issue you haven’t faced before.

So why should small businesses consider using a HR Consultant.

1.      Access to qualified, experienced and professional support

An outsourced HR Consultant will have experienced most issues across the full employee life cycle, and typically within many sectors, their experience will be invaluable to the issues your business may have now or in the future.

2.      Time saving

When you need time to focus on the operational and business development areas, an outsourced HR Consultant is there to provide advice and guidance on how to approach those employee issues.

3.      Flexible and cost effective

You have the choice of paying for ad hoc support when needed, project basis to complete piece of work or on a retained basis providing peace of mind that you can pick up the phone whenever you have a query, no matter how trivial. Costs are also a lot cheaper than a permanent head.

4.      New perspective

Sometimes it’s hard to see what is needed or obvious things when you are close to them, especially when your priority is the everyday operation of your business. Having a HR Consultant is useful as they see the business through a different lens, will take into account prior experiences and determine what action is needed to resolve an issue or provide learnings and ideas to develop the business further.

With AL HR Consulting you will speak to the same person when you call, support is local so visits to your business are included without additional travel costs [subject to mileage] and there is no long tie into contracts, like there is with a larger HR Consultancy [this can be 3 years plus with a 6 month notice period].

If you have any questions about the services available from a local HR Consultant, please reach out on 01905 900080.