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HR Challenges in 2009

Human Resource Management Challenges In A Tough Economy

2009 poses some contrasting challenges for human resource management. How can human resources management organizations save money while motivating employees?

Today, with cost cutting a paramount concern, human resource management may seem focused on reducing the workforce—layoff announcements from human resources management organizations come out every day.

This climate of layoffs creates several challenges for human resource management organizations:

Are today’s layoffs creating a human resources management gap when the economy recovers?
How can human resource management groups ensure layoffs don’t negatively impact the emotional climate and productivity?

Human Resources Management Means “Managing” Layoffs

During a time of layoffs, human resources management may not be thinking about employee retention. But now is one of the most critical times to ensure you are holding on to critical skill sets and top performers. When the economy recovers, human resource management organizations will have a harder time rehiring these essential workers.

As one Gartner analyst states in HR Executive, “Deliver talent-management solutions that are relevant in tough times but that have an eye on future growth.”

Rather than conducting blanket downsizing, human resources management strategies must preserve essential functions and high-performing employees. Downsizing must be blended with employee retention plans.

One solution is for human resources management to conduct online employment screening tests to identify leadership skills, job function skills, and even measure employee fit with company values and culture. These tests, which can easily be done on any scale, feed human resource management employee retention strategies. Retain key employees for a quick ramp when the economy recovers.

Human Resource Management Motivation Strategies

Cutting costs can demoralize the workforce. Human resources management needs to monitor the pulse of the organization and take strategic action to encourage productivity. Employee surveys are a quick method to get a sense of workforce morale or to measure response to a new policy. Online employee surveys are easy to administer and provide measurable data to support human resources management initiatives.

Get help with human resource management strategies. Abso is a leading provider of talent management solutions, including applicant tracking systems, background checks, employment screening tests, and online surveys. A team of expert account managers will guide you through human resource management tools that will help you navigate 2009’s challenges.

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Workforce Success

Workforce success is about choosing talent that fits both job and company. Choosing the right talent is a complex task in today’s market – and no one vendor has all the answers. Knowing whom you hire before they officially become an employee lets you mitigate the potential risk of a bad hire.

Employee Screening and Candidate solutions help ensure that your organization’s HR efforts are working toward a common goal, allowing you to take your business success to a whole new level. With employee screening and candidate management solutions from Abso, you’ll streamline and automate your HR processes, give yourself a single view of all candidates and ensure workforce safety and compliance.

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Uncompromising Accuracy and Compliance: Accurate background searches depend on a combination of technology and professional-level expertise. Our team of local experts blend both to ensure you receive accurate, compliant employment background screening results. Our team delivers only see data straight from the source.

Abso is a founding member of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS). Founded in 2003 as a non-profit trade association, NAPBS represents the interests of companies offering employment and background screening services. We hold seats on key committees, including the government affairs committee, to advocate for the screening industry with both federal and state authorities. We track compliance legislation nationally and keep you informed of relevant changes.

Turnaround Time: Abso solutions deliver the information hiring managers need to make informed hiring decisions quickly. Solutions built on the latest, secure web technologies, our penchant for leveraging technology delivers an advantage in the delivery of records.

Personal Service: Regardless of the size of the businesses, all Abso customers are assigned a dedicated Account Manager who delivers direct, personal service. By building an understanding of how our customers work, Abso Account Managers can customize our solutions to deliver the right results while saving our customers time, money, and hassle. Over 3,500 customers, from Fortune 100 firms to small businesses, know they will continually receive the personal service and quality data that is essential to managing their HR responsibilities legally and cost effectively.

At Abso We are Focused on Your Workforce Success

We understand that today’s HR departments need to get more done with fewer resources. Our solutions deliver integrated tools, information, and personal support that help HR managers work smarter—improving efficiency, hiring quality, and ultimately, time to hire. Through internal development and strategic vendor relationships, we continue to deliver fully compliant and innovative solutions that enhance productivity and facilitate business decisions.

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Fibs, omissions, and lies are all too common on resumes. Do you really know who you are hiring? Reduce the risk of a bad hire—and a negligence lawsuit— with accurate, compliant background checks. Through a combination of technology and expert personal service, Abso quickly and affordably delivers the criminal records, identity, health, and employee drug testing you need to make informed decisions and reduce workplace risk. Plus, Abso Screening Edition^TM enables human resources to streamline the hiring process with integrated tools that make ordering background checks and tracking applicant data fast and easy.

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Know who you are hiring before you expose your company to risk. Abso provides over 300 background check options including:

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Accurate, Compliant Employment Background Screening

An inaccurate background check is as dangerous as not running one at all. False reports lead to embarrassment (at best) or lawsuits, while incomplete reports expose your company to significant risk on the job. As a founding member of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners, Abso has been a leading provider of reliable background checks for nearly a decade. Our team of local experts “hand-pull” criminal court records and tap into local, state, and national databases to quickly deliver complete background search results only from proven, reliable, and compliant sources. To ensure defensible neutrality and ease the burden on staff when issues arise in background checks, consider our managed adjudication services and managed adverse action services.

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Abso combines leading-edge applicant tracking and background check software to deliver background checks affordably—and fast. With a menu of background check services, you choose only what you need. More about our comprehensive background and drug screening services.

Personal Service

Every Abso client is assigned a dedicated Account Manager who works to understand your business and the hiring regulations for your geographic region and industry. Your account manager provides another layer of vigilance to ensure compliance to hiring regulations while simultaneously presenting customized solutions that help you use only the background checks and drug screening tests you need, saving you time and money. Learn more about personal service.

Streamline Background Screening Workflow—Anytime, Anywhere

Abso web-based software delivers the background check results your team needs, when and where you need them. With online ease and flexibility, human resources managers can order, review, and organize background check information quickly and easily. Our technology streamlines the background screening workflow while building in compliance safety checks along the way. Learn more about Abso HR technology.

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Human Resources Efficiency At Its Best

Today’s human resources managers are working hard to find and keep the best talent. Yet increasingly, HR has to do more with less, making efficiency more important than ever. Abso talent management software streamlines many human resources management tasks, automating manual steps that slow HR managers down. Abso’s intuitive Talent Edition interface is HR’s portal into all the tools to acquire, screen, assess, and onboard candidates quickly and easily. Applicant tracking, background checks, skills assessment tests, and more—tools and information work together to help HR make informed decisions faster.

Talent Edition^TM Puts Information at Your Team’s Fingertips

Abso talent management software puts the information HR managers need—to gather candidates, organize screening data, and evaluate the workforce—at their fingertips. Plus, collaboration features help HR and business group hiring managers improve internal communication for more competitive workforce development. Learn more about Talent Edition features.

Compliance Built In

At Abso, we continually monitor hiring legislation, so we can keep our customers informed and our products up to date. Compliance is built right in to our technology and service processes.

Customer Service To Guide the Way

Technology’s great. But the hiring process requires a more personal touch than technology alone can deliver. That’s why each of our customers is assigned a dedicated account manager. We learn your business and provide proactive support every step of the way so you can manage the workforce and with less cost.

Web-based Flexibility and Ease

Abso talent management technology is web-based, enabling HR and the hiring team to work securely when and where they need to. Our talent management tools easily integrate with existing HR software systems for true efficiency. What's more, with Abso software as a service, you don’t have to worry about installations, maintenance, compatibility, or overhead.

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