subject: Is Your HR Department Ready For The Economic Upturn? [print this page] This is a great time to renegotiateThis is a great time to renegotiate. Whether it's with your software vendor, IT supplier or even stationery outfit, everything's on the table. The better the terms you get now, the sooner you'll be able to rebound. Don't think about requirements now; try to determine what you'll need when business picks up. Is your company car fleet on its last legs, office furniture threadbare? Now is the ideal time to strike a great deal with software vendors. If there's something we can do in HR, it's to use more technology to assist us. As a profession we have lagged behind other service functions such as finance and IT for too long. Important steps can include reviewing our HR software to ensure it is fit for purpose (without all those messy work-arounds), checking reports are meaningful and accurate, and we are getting the most out of our systems. If it's not doing the job and cannot do the job - then change it. That means spending money, so be sure of your business case the good times aren't here just yet.
Is Your HR Department Ready For The Economic Upturn?
