Couraud

Couraud designs and implements HR architecture, tools and training to help our clients to be better at people management. We work with a wide variety of clients on their people related issues and provide bespoke solutions that save our clients time, money and hassle.

We have become specialists at working with clients who need some HR support, but are not of a large enough size to justify a permanent HR presence at managerial level. Our Virtual HR service allows our clients to use our HR specialistsŐ time and expertise on an as-they-need-it basis. We work with clients on:

• Recruitment
• Compensation
• Performance management
• Talent management
• Learning and development
• Organisational structure, design and change

In particular, we are experts in giving HR support to companies undergoing cultural or organisational change, for example following acquisitions, or where an organisationŐs head office is outside the UK.

OMTonline

OMTonline is a fully automated online appraisal tool that allows you to;

• improve the quality of self- and 360 degree-assessment
• eliminate the hassle and bureaucracy for managers, HR and staff
• eliminate the annual appraisal bottleneck
• embed objectives into the appraisal cycle and keep them SMART
• assist managers in delivering excellent appraisals
• archive appraisal reports, safely and easily

Hosted by us, the OMT can be up and running in 5 days - you don't need to involve your IT department.

We will import your current competencies and questions (and give you advice if you're starting from scratch) as well details of your employees, grades and appraisal groups. Add a link to our site on your intranet if you can, and you're done.

Call us on 020 7297 3373 to discuss the ways that we can help you.

Benefits for Business, like many of our clients, do not have the need for an in-house full-time, high quality personnel professional. However, we do need to make sure that we comply with employment legislation, that we have proper documentation and procedures, and that we follow them. We also understand that there are certain employee issues that must be dealt with from time to time, with serious implications for all concerned should problems escalate.

As part of a strategic partnership with The Employment Services Partnership (ESP Ltd), we have identified a potential solution to help businesses deal with the above issues and are pleased to draw your attention to an exceptional value-for-money outsourced service.

HR Protect is a unique service aimed at protecting the smaller employer from potentially business threatening employment disputes. With penalties for discrimination cases UNLIMITED IN FINANCIAL VALUE, few employers can afford to underestimate the risks they face every day.

To find out what HR Protect can do for you, please click on the link below and then 'Ask for a Quote'. Please put 'Benefits for Business' in the advisor box on the online form. You do not need to put any other of our details in.
www.hrprotect.com/ We can assure you that quotations are on a no-obligation basis. You will receive a full analysis of the services that HR Protect can provide together with the cost and the terms. Please contact HR Protect using the contact details on the site should you need any further information.

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