By Favyan Asia – A feature piece from our Fall 2024 issue of the Lancaster Thriving Publication!
As technology solutions become more integrated into day-to-day business, new tools that solve many different problems are now at your disposal. When purchasing equipment, software, or miscellaneous electronic devices, it’s important to evaluate what those assets can do for your business, and how you can maximize their ROI. Understanding this information can be challenging for those not deeply entrenched in the industry. The tech world has its own jargon, acronyms, and best practices that can still be confusing, even with definitions.
HR professionals also operate in a unique world with its own language and processes. Thriving in either the HR or tech domain requires a commitment to continuous growth and education, as both fields are constantly evolving. The time HR staff spends on systems outside their expertise presents a clear challenge with an obvious solution: leveraging your technology resources.
For example, onboarding a new employee is expensive. The faster you can streamline this process, the more you can mitigate those costs. If your HR team is bogged down by a lengthy manual onboarding, they have less time for recruiting and interviewing. This means that if the new employee doesn’t work out, they might be behind the 8-ball on finding a replacement candidate and potentially neglecting other job duties.
Offboarding can also be a tricky task to navigate. What do you do with the ex-employee’s data? Who is reclaiming the licenses and logging the user out of the accounts? What is the best practice? Did you accidentally delete an account and need to recover that information? These are the times you want people with experience and expertise to advise and handle these situations. Educating HR in another field of expertise is not a very cost effective and time efficient solution. The more time your HR team can spend on their core functions and education, the larger their value to the business will be.
A Forbes article titled “Key HR Statistics and Trends in 2024” highlights that comprehensive onboarding increases employee engagement by 33%. This statistic demonstrates how companies can benefit from leveraging a technology partner to enhance the overall employee experience. Whether your technology partner is automating onboarding and offboarding tasks or addressing the software and hardware needs of staff, having a skilled and effective resource is crucial. It drives the success of both HR and the organization as a whole.
There are many ways a technology partner can assist your HR processes outside of employment churn. Below are some other areas where your technology partnership can assist:
1. Regulatory Compliance.
2. Company policy creation and enforcement.
3. Productivity tracking.
4. Evidence gathering for justified terminations.
5. Business continuity planning.
6. And more.
If you don’t have IT involved with your HR Department, do yourself a favor, get the conversation started!
Hempfield Technology is a Managed Technology and Security Partner founded in 2015, based in East Hempfield Township in Lancaster. We serve small to medium-sized businesses, local government, public service agencies, and non-profits across Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey. Our holistic approach to technology infrastructure management ensures cost-effective and predictable pricing.
We handle all aspects of infrastructure management, including email, networks, servers, computers, user expectations, and much more. Our ideal partners value collaboration, understand the importance of technology, are committed to future investments, and are willing to delegate technology responsibilities.
If this describes you, contact us today!
Favyan Asia
CEO of Hempfield Technology
Contact Favyan@hempfieldtech.com
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