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One of the attractive features of a human resource information system (HRIS) is the employee self-service portal. Such portals provide employees and their managers with access to select information such as their emergency contacts, job information, events, and skills. An employee can usually view and update their address and emergency contacts, view medical and other benefits and savings plans and even access their pay advices in some cases.

With the end of the year creeping closer, it is an excellent time to get feedback from employees to shape company plans for the coming year. Happy employees lead to greater productivity. A survey done by the University of Warwick found employees who were happy were also more productive, by about 12%. A similar study by the Harvard Business Review found happiness raises nearly every business and educational outcome: raising sales by 37%, productivity by 31%, and accuracy on tasks by 19%. Based on this, we have put together our tried and tested methods for gaining an insight on the company pulse.

As a human resources manager, your job is not finished once you have identified the perfect candidate and filled the vacant position in your company. In fact, the truth of the matter is your job has just begun.

Want to save time...so you can spend time? With the right human resources solution at your fingertips, you can save time on routine tasks so that you can spend more time finding, recruiting and training terrific employees. The resulting personnel improvements can make your company more competitive.

There’s an old saying, “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always had.” If you’re dissatisfied with your company’s current recruiting efforts, continuing to recruit in the same way doesn’t make sense. Shake up how you recruit by implementing some of the latest techniques in recruiting top talent.

As more software are built to streamline business processes, the fear of losing our jobs to technology is fading. In reality, these advances streamline workflows and save both time and resources.

What is HRIS? 

It stands for Human Resources Information System, and  is a tool that aids the HR department with efficiency and integrations.   Employees today want to be connected with all their important information and HRIS helps every business successfully accomplish this to meet the demands of the twenty-first century. 

One of the most overlooked and misunderstood departments in an organization is Human Resources. The functions of the HR department is paramount to the success of a business. Responsible for everything from day-to-day employee relations, hiring and firing, internal controls, coaching, recruitment, training, company culture and more all lie on the human resources staff.