The following excerpts from a recent Profiles International HR newsletter (entitled Employer's Advantage) clarify the timeliness of  our solutions and may be helpful in providing background information further substantiating ANY company's commitment to professional assistance from

 "THE HR DILEMMA: HOW CAN I BE STRATEGIC, IF I NEED TO PROCESS ALL THESE TRANSACTIONS?"
"HR Departments in most companies have been hard hit due to the economy driven cutbacks of the past few years. An eight person HR staff in an 850-employee company may have been pared back to one or two employees, while the single HR person in a 100-employee business may have vanished altogether. Yet another scenario is where HR departments have been disbanded, and the HR job functions are assigned to other positions within the organization."

"Effects of these cutbacks may not be readily apparent. One symptom, however, is immediately evident - the surviving HR employees are overloaded. They are overwhelmed with transactions including reviewing applications, conducting interviews, addressing employee complaints, and preparing paperwork for benefits enrollment. The list is endless! Transaction processing always seems to rise to the top of the priorities list as most are time-critical. The failure to meet deadlines can detrimentally affect employees and financially impact an organization."

"Many times, strategic initiatives like designing a more efficient and cost effective hiring system, developing employees’ leadership and management skills, and tracking and improving performance and productivity are delayed. The immediate effects and costs associated with the delay of strategic initiatives are not obvious. Over time, however, the lost opportunities will impact the bottom line. A balance between processing necessary transactions and the development of strategic initiatives will pay huge dividends in the long run and impact long-term viability of an organization. Businesses will be healthier and more profitable in an increasingly competitive world."

"REDUCING THE INTERVIEW WORKLOAD"
"Traditional hiring systems (application, interview, reference checks, selection) are notoriously ineffective in producing quality hires. Not as obvious is the amount of valuable time and productive energy that is wasted on outdated hiring systems. A recent survey of over 100 businesses recently produced enlightening results. Each new hire required interviewing between three and ten candidates, the number of interviews per candidate varied from one to four, and each interview required from one to four managers’ participation."

"Choosing low to mid-range numbers from each of these responses (5 candidates, 2 interviews, 2 managers per interview), and assuming that a minimum of 30 minutes is consumed in preparing, scheduling, and performing each interview, an astounding ten hours is consumed in a single selection! Considering the additional amount of time expended in reviewing résumés, checking references, and verifying past employment, it’s probably safe to say that the process cost the organization a minimum of $500 while preventing several valuable employees from engaging in more productive tasks.  If that number does not get your attention, consider that researchers say traditional hiring processes have only a one in eight chance (12.5%) of producing a top performer that will still be with the organization a year after hire."

Particularly in reference to this last statement highlighted in blue in the preceding paragraph, it is quite possible for ANY company to become more cost-efficient and productive with such HR assistance provided by the  professionals of

Allow OUR HR professionals to search, sort and deliver resumes (sourcing and some assessment activities) FOR you so that YOUR HR PROFESSIONALS CAN FOCUS MORE TIME  AND EFFORT TOWARD ADDITIONAL (higher level) ASSESSMENT,INTERVIEW, STRATEGY AND PLANNING ACTIVITIES!!

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