Helpfull tips for choosing an HR Consultant

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Helpful Tips to consider while choosing an HR
Consultant

• Choosing the right HR Consultant for your
  business can be a very important decision. But,
  first and foremost, you need to understand if you
  really need an HR Consultant.
• An HR consultant cannot be a replacement for
  an employment attorney. An HR consultant may be
  well experienced in different functions of HR
  including recruitment selection, training,
  counselling, employee relations, payroll and
  employee benefits, but they cannot provide legal
  advice.
• vice-versa is also true, that is, your
  employment attorney is not the correct person to
  recruit, train or counsel your employees although
  they might be experienced in doing so. Ideally,
  both these entities provide complementing
  services.

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• Again if you are looking for filling a
  vacancy on a temporary basis for general
  day-to-day HR work, you may want to consider a
  temporary HR staffing agency. On the other hand,
  if your need for specific skill set is
  continuous, it is advisable to hire a HR
  personnel with matching skills.
• You may opt to hire an HR consultant for
  various reasons - you require an advanced level
  of HR skill set for a limited period of time, you
  require an external HR personnel to provide you a
  wider industry or domain level perspective, your
  organization is undergoing a "Change" and you
  require help at the diagnostic stage or for the
  complete process, you require an advanced level
  trainer or counsellor to address specific needs
  or you require an HR expert for the broader
  organizational development.

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• Whatever your reason to choose to hire an HR
  consultant, you need to keep in mind some tips
  that will help you make the right decision.
• Decide if you want to use a large firm or a small
  firm. Both options have their own pros and cons.
  If you choose to go with a large firm, they have
  extensive resources with high domain expertise
  across all areas of HR and have a good brand
  credibility. On the flip side, their overhead
  costs are higher and there could be many
  associates involved in your assignment. There
  may be a scenario that you had interacted with
  someone at the initial phases of the project, who
  may turn out to be a supervisor under who there
  may be quite a few consultants working on
  different projects and hence they may be only
  overseeing the project rather than getting
  closely involved in the project itself. On the
  other hand, working with a small firm can
  definitely give you a cost advantage and a more
  personalized experience as the same consultant
  will work on your project from start to finish.
  The flip side here could be limited resources and
  domain experience. You need to choose what works
  best for your requirements.

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• Find out about the history and stability of the
  consulting firm you are planning to work with.
• Check out other services that they offer over and
  above your currently chosen service so that you
  can have the flexibility of hiring them for more
  services in future if required and you have to
  deal with only one firm.
• Confirm who will work on your project. Ensure
  that the experience and expertise of that
  consultant matches your expectation. Check if
  they have worked on projects and domain similar
  to yours.
• Discuss the time-frame and deliverables that you
  expect and confirm if the consultant can adhere
  to that.
• Ask for references from the firm so that you can
  contact them to understand how the consultants
  hired by them had performed and how was their
  experience with that particular consulting firm.

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• 7. Have clarity in pricing, billing,
  confidentiality, copyrights, contract tenure and
  terms.
• Based on all the tips given above, you can go
  ahead and hire the consultant or consulting firm
  who fulfils your requirements and expectations.
  Once the engagement starts, it is advisable to
  take regular updates to track progress of the
  project and communicate effectively. On
  completion of the contract term, it is essential
  to have a final meeting to review the results.
• If you have found this article useful, you can
  visit our site - http//link-resources.com.au/ to
  know more about us and our HR Consulting Services
  in Brisbane.

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  info_at_link-resources.com.auM 0423756191
  (Tiffany Irving)M 0427807979 (Angela Bradby)