If your HR team is known for its strong reporting skills and data management expertise – you’re definitely ahead of the curve. HR has commonly been one of the last departments within businesses to embrace technology. Finance, Sales and Customer Service are all examples of departments that have invested in systems to help them work more efficiently and track performance. It’s time HR had the same tools at hand.

Reporting is one of the most labour intensive tasks for HR leaders if they don’t have HR software in place

Pulling together up-to-date data on everything from absentee trends to salaries is much harder if you have to do it manually. It means typically having to access information from multiple sources and entering it into spreadsheets. And if any employee information is hidden in a filing cabinet – this task becomes even more onerous and time-consuming. As well as being late, your report runs the risk of being inaccurate or incomplete too.

So much has changed since the outbreak of COVID-19. HR teams (and other business functions) who were already using cloud-based software were able to function much more effectively during the crisis. Over the last year and a half, attitudes to technology have changed for the better. Business leaders have seen first-hand the numerous benefits that cloud software offers. All this means that now is the time for HR to embrace cloud software. By doing so, they will be able to provide the structured, forensic data analysis the organisation needs to make decisions about staffing, resource structures and working practices. 

There’s no question that having robust reporting tools helps business leaders make smarter decisions

With the right software, you can extract and analyse large amounts of HR data in real-time. And you can quickly transform data into charts, dashboards and tailored reports to inform smarter business decisions.

What does your business need HR to report on today? Do you need to put together a case for re-allocating staff or restructuring departments? Are you reviewing staffing costs against productivity? Do you have to report on salary trends and benefits packages to make a case for a recruitment drive? Do you want to delve further into the human resources costs of office-based versus home working?

Whatever HR-related reporting tasks you’re currently facing, with the right software in place, it’s guaranteed to be a whole lot easier to achieve.

For an informal conversation about whether cloud-based HR software is the right way forward for your business, talk to an Access HR software specialist today.