Brad Lomas knows as well as any Human Resources (HR) Consultant that the job isn't as easy as it sounds. General job titles like HR Consultant tend to go unnoticed for their level of difficultly and for how involved the employee is with their clients. HR Consultants fulfill several separate job roles for their clients in order to keep their businesses running smoothly.
HR Consultants work as the marketing and sales manager, the IT specialist and the accounting department, all under one job title. When a business comes to an HR Consultant, it presents one or several business issues that it would like the HR Consultant to fix. These problems are generally placed under the label of “HR Issues.”
Many HR issues revolve around retaining existing employees and ensuring that those employees remain productive. If a business is facing low productivity, for example, it is the job of the HR Consultant to locate the problem and amend it, no matter who or what is the cause. An HR Consultant must also handle issues of diversity and they must help companies enforce their policies of reduced discrimination. If discrimination-related incidents occur in the workplace, the HR Consultant helps enforce disciplinary actions against the offending party. In fact, discipline is yet another large part of being an HR Consultant. The consultant helps collect evidence, obtain statements and resolve issues in a legal, amicable manner.
Other tasks an HR Consultant manages for their clients include outsourcing work, managing payroll, keeping health and safety records, managing employee/employer relations and handling employee training. Even if an HR Consultant is using comprehensive HR software and has HR training, the best way for them to obtain applicable experience is through action. Brad Lomas has several years of experience working as an HR consultant but, by his own admission, he still learns new things about the job almost every day.
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Many HR issues revolve around retaining existing employees and ensuring that those employees remain productive. If a business is facing low productivity, for example, it is the job of the HR Consultant to locate the problem and amend it, no matter who or what is the cause. An HR Consultant must also handle issues of diversity and they must help companies enforce their policies of reduced discrimination. If discrimination-related incidents occur in the workplace, the HR Consultant helps enforce disciplinary actions against the offending party. In fact, discipline is yet another large part of being an HR Consultant. The consultant helps collect evidence, obtain statements and resolve issues in a legal, amicable manner.
Other tasks an HR Consultant manages for their clients include outsourcing work, managing payroll, keeping health and safety records, managing employee/employer relations and handling employee training. Even if an HR Consultant is using comprehensive HR software and has HR training, the best way for them to obtain applicable experience is through action. Brad Lomas has several years of experience working as an HR consultant but, by his own admission, he still learns new things about the job almost every day.
