HR Department of One – Challenges for HR in Maintaining Best Practices
HR Department of One – Challenges for HR in Maintaining Best Practices
Challenges for HR in Maintaining Best Practices is a session by Lauraine Bifulco, CEO & President at VantaggioHR.
Refresh your best practices with PIHRA’s new virtual education program starting Friday, November 1, 2019
Week 2 Session | Week 3 Session
Are you an HR practitioner loaded with more daily work than you can handle? Do you ever FEEL like an HR department of one? Have you ever wished for an HR community of peers and experts to collaborate with? If so, you’re in luck! PIHRA is launching a virtual three-part series called HR Department of One so that you don’t have to do it all on your own. Our first HR Department of One session will be Challenges for HR in Maintaining Best Practices, presented by Lauraine Bifulco, CEO & President of VantaggioHR.
Lauraine Bifulco’s session provides HR professionals with effective policies and HR best practices to help you work even more efficiently. Cost effectiveness is key for anyone who works for a small business, where time, money and resources are limited. With our compact, virtual, efficient program, you’ll get a stronger return on your professional development investment. You’ll even learn how PIHRA membership can be your best friend as a solo HR practitioner! Take in HR best practices and policies for your organization for only a fraction of the cost and time as other seminars.
We’re excited for Lauraine Bifulco to kick off our first #HRDo1 session this Friday, November 1 from 9:30am – 10:30am. Read on to learn what her top advice for solo HR practitioners and what her informative virtual session is all about.
Challenges for HR in Maintaining Best Practices
Speaker Spotlight with Lauraine Bifulco
PIHRA: What advice do you have for solo HR pros who want to be included in key decision making? How does an HR pro demonstrate the value they bring to the company as an HRDo1?
Lauraine Bifulco: Don’t let the administrative work take up all of your time. It would be easy to let the day-to-day administrative tasks take over. However, you still need to dedicate time to regular meetings with senior management, be well versed in employment law, appropriately guide senior management on risk, and ensure that you are not solely viewed as the person responsible for processing new hires or terminations. In order to gain a seat at the table with senior management, HR professionals need to be able to speak to the financial impact that HR decisions have on the company.
PIHRA: Technology plays a big role in the success of HR professionals. How can a HRDo1 from a smaller company without access to a decent tech stack achieve the latest industry-standard results?
LB: There is a large variety of technology available now with very low price points. It is up to the HR professional to do the research. Once that is done, then be sure to pitch which technology will work within the company’s budget. Take advantage and leverage the brain share and resources shared within organizations such as SHRM or PIHRA as options. Keep in mind that sometimes, very good reporting can be generated with everyday tools such as Excel.
PIHRA: With daily priorities constantly shifting, how can an HRDo1 manage all their responsibilities efficiently?
LB: It is essential to have a time or project management system in place. In this system, you must hard calendar in time for strategic projects and meetings with senior management. Then time you spend on administrative tasks can easily expand to take up all of your hours. You must set aside a time specifically to work on other initiatives so that you can achieve both long term and short term success.
PIHRA: What are the signs that indicate it’s time to outsource some of an HRDo1’s work?
LB: If you find that your handbook has not been updated in over two years, or if your job descriptions start to have dust on them, those are signs. If your to-do list consistently gets longer rather than shorter, then that’s a sign. If you ever get to the point where you simply don’t have the time to keep on top of new laws and trends in the industry, then it’s time to consider outsourcing.
Streamline your work, your processes, and minimize your exposure
Who has the time to create HR policies and procedures from scratch? How do you know the most effective path forward? If you’re looking for a compact, flexible, dynamic program that covers three crucial HR topics, today just got better. Why? Attending our virtual program HR Department of One – Effective policies and best practices will give you the boost you need. So, get ready to buckle down on best practices, and all things compliance, and wage and hour. You’ll gain access to three top-notch, high-impact virtual sessions – or, simply select one or two sessions that are most important to you. That way, you can refer back to whenever you need to. Because that’s the kind of flexible support you need, right? If you’re still curious, you can learn more about the program below so that you can see if it’s a good fit for you:
When: Fridays – November 1, 8, and 15 – from 9:30am – 10:30am. Pick and choose, or register for all three to save!
Where: Virtual – sign on from the comfort of your computer or other digital device!
Bonus: Access an HR Department of One online community to continue the discussion every week!
→ Register online for all three sessions, or select your preferred session!
You’ll gain new strategies, tools, connections, and credits to fortify your efforts as an HR department of one:
Understanding the fine print in Wage & Hour laws and regulations.
Streamlined effective policies & best practices.
Expand your compliance proficiency.
Connect with other HR pros who complete the work of a full team.
We’ve got the experts ready to share their condensed expertise. All that’s missing is you! So, what are you waiting for? Expand your HR horizon and your network with us at PIHRA HR Department of One Virtual Series.
