Tag Archives: cloud computing
On Keeping HR Records in an SME
No-one likes keeping records on staff. It’s a burden on the SME principal and yet it is one of the foundations of HR management. Indeed it’s one of the foundations of excellence in HR. Without records, there’s no data on which to manage staff in the firm. So what data do we need? And how much of it do we need to keep?
This blog answers some of these issues, giving a framework for setting up an HR records system and then preparing it for evolution into a larger records management system as the firm grows.
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On Virtual Firms
We’re working with a Sussex firm that is coming to the end of its lease on 2,500 square feet of office, meeting and server space. It’s at a fork in its corporate development. Many of its staff live up to 100 miles from the office and work on client sites and at home from time to time. So should it now go ‘virtual’, and embrace the ‘cloud’ to reduce costs and improve the employee experience? Should it let the lease lapse and go completely ‘virtual’?
