{"id":18927,"date":"2013-05-02T10:51:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T17:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/?p=18927"},"modified":"2017-10-17T09:48:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:48:28","slug":"5-questions-on-the-tip-of-hrs-tongue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/5-questions-on-the-tip-of-hrs-tongue\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Questions on the Tip of HR’s Tongue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t let the title fool you, these awesome questions not only apply to HR but just about anyone in business today. Human Resources is (or is supposed to be) on the front line of people management. Work comes home with us, we think about it in our down time, we wonder about it when we are supposed to unwind and relax, we are asking critical questions. HR \u2013 good HR<\/a> \u2013 is constantly asking questions to solve problems, drive innovation and efficiency.
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\nIn order to create a robust list of questions, I did a little crowd sourcing and crew sourcing \u2013 leveraging my network of HR professionals<\/a> and dozens of personal colleagues to develop the best questions that should be on the tip of HR\u2019s tongue.<\/p>\n

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Talent Acquisition and Retention<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> With the war for talented workers heavily touted, quality workers are increasingly harder to come by, which means employers have to have the type of environment in which employees want to work. Employees want to be trained, compensated, receive excellent benefits and have opportunities to grow their careers. HR must wonder, how do we find, recruit, train, onboard and retain the best of the best<\/a>?<\/em><\/p>\n

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Legislation\/Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> The rules of engagement<\/a> change quickly and the laws used to govern HR are also changing swiftly. For instance, the Affordable Health Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has many costs associated with healthcare coverage which could possibly cause price increases for certain goods and services. Also by mandating coverage and accessing penalties and fines, the costs could hinder your employer’s profits.\u00a0HR must ask how are these changes to the laws going to affect our business operations and the way we employ our people?<\/em><\/p>\n

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Performance Management\/Development<\/strong><\/p>\n

3<\/strong>. The average tenure for workers in America is getting shorter and shorter; at last I read it was roughly 3.5 years.\u00a0 That means employees \u2013 all employees \u2013 are looking for new opportunities and moving around quite a bit. This makes performance management and employee development very difficult and here\u2019s why; the manager can\u2019t develop and nurture the employees<\/a> if he\/she is looking elsewhere themselves. There\u2019s no consistency or accountability in the process. With all this movement how can HR ensure performance management and leadership development are working properly?<\/em><\/p>\n

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Compliance<\/strong><\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> Similar to Legislation by slightly different, with compliance issues, HR has to ensure that managing employee relations regarding sexual harassment, race discrimination, workplace bullying, cyber bullying, social media interaction<\/a>, conflict resolution and sexual orientation\/preference (which is different from sexual harassment). There are also new rules from the National Labor Relations Board. HR has to ask, what\u2019s the latest in compliance? And how can we be sure we are following the guidelines appropriately?<\/em><\/p>\n

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Increasing Our Value<\/strong><\/p>\n

5.<\/strong> If you know anything about HR, we have been pining for a \u201cSeat at the Table\u201d and by \u201ctable\u201d we mean the executive table in the boardroom of the C-SUITE. We want the Chief HR Officer title, influence and respect.\u00a0 It\u2019s been proven time and time again that companies that use HR to help create and implement business strategies outperform those that do not, yet it\u2019s still a struggle. Many business owners want to relegate HR to an administrative function. HR<\/a> saves money but many companies are willing to take chances and gamble that they can get away with bending and breaking the rules without getting caught. That\u2019s a bad plan of action. How does HR increase its value to the corporation and create a strategic partnership?<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"chrisChris Fields<\/a>\u00a0is an HR professional and leadership guy who blogs and dispenses great (not just good) advice at\u00a0Cost of Work<\/a>. Connect with Chris via email at\u00a0chris@costofwork.com. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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