Often, when companies are small and just starting out, the first few years can be a struggle. With so many different tasks to juggle, the pressure is on.
Pressure to not only facilitate the company’s day-to-day necessities, like trying to keep the lights on, but also to manage, recruit and retain talented staff.
Companies often find themselves using Word documents and Excel spreadsheets, which are cobbled together ad hoc and saved in multiple files and directories. This can be a messy and time-consuming way to manage employee holidays, information, and salaries.
Trying to set up your business’s structure and how you manage your employees to make sure they are doing things right is hard work. Desks can fill up with paper, and with timesheets needing to be manually checked, the result is an unnecessary headache for under-pressure entrepreneurs and managers who already have enough on their plates.
If you lack a background in people management or the basics of HR, learning to manage people effectively can be daunting. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this is important—the inability to manage people is one of the main reasons businesses fail to progress and, in many cases, fail.
Ineffective people management can put your business in a precarious position, failing to progress as envisioned or falling short of meeting basic compliance requirements, which can lead to corporate governance issues.
But guess what? If you take on a simple HR software system, like HRLocker, many of these issues can be made simple, repeatable and automated!
Cloud-based HR Software for Small Businesses
HRLocker was set up to solve business issues as they arise. In fact, before we'd even made our HR software, we were an HR consultancy, so we know this domain well. At the end of the day, HR is only an acronym that sums up the huge group of tasks associated with managing and recruiting people.
Since the early days of HRLocker, there has been one consistent question we ask when people come on the trial of our product, and we still ask it today...
...What particular business problem are you looking to solve?
This is the most important question you need to ask yourself. When people come to us and say they want an HR system, that's like saying “I want a system that will solve all of my people management, people productivity, recruitment, training and performance management issues in my business."
And yes, these are all important requirements, but why not take a more realistic approach and focus just on the main problem?
If you are starting out and want to systemise your people management, training, recruitment and compliance efforts, we advise taking it step-by-step.
Our system offers various packages that enable companies to begin getting a handle on things with essential features, such as managing annual leave and time tracking. First, you should select a system that can allow you to do this.
Solve business issues one step at a time, embed your solutions in your daily business and then look at solving the next one that causes you the most pain, costs you the most money or is stopping the business from progressing.
Going Paperless can save you a lot of problems and it's sustainable! Our planet needs more businesses to go paperless. Plus, a lack of easy access to information can hold your business back, resulting in wasted time and resources.
As well, not using paper can ready your business to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) and automation in the future. Access to real-time data helps business owners make quick and accurate decisions. This is why access to information from anywhere is essential for the future of your company.
Our system can be accessed from anywhere on any device
If you go paperless, employees who are out on the road or working remotely can use HRLocker from wherever they're based on whatever device they wish. This results in being connected, better communication, and more effective decision-making.
Escape from the clutter and disorganisation of trying to do it all now. We recommend breaking it up into manageable chunks and implementing the chunks one by one. It's ok to delegate. With our help and support, implementing the change is a fairly painless process, and you may be surprised to find out how cost-effective it is too.
Our software can save you time and money by solving business issues. It's like having additional (or several additional) employees. HRLocker automates recruitment, onboarding, document management, performance management, training, CPD management, holiday & leave tracking, and so much more.
Check out our Return on Investment Calculator to see how much HRLocker can help you save in resources for your business.
We are here to help you develop your business, to take away the worries and fears around managing and hiring people and all of the associated pains that the collective acronym HR brings.
If you would like more information about how we can help your company to manage, recruit, train and retain your most important asset, your people, give us a shout!
