Market Overview: Innovative Solutions for Professional Personnel Management
New working methods, demographic change, and the digital transformation of the economy pose new challenges for HR professionals. These are no longer manageable with the simple tools of the PC era. Innovative solutions for recruiting professionals, personnel control, talent management, and more promise a solution. Here’s a market overview of these tools.
An Inside Look at Personnel Management
Personnel management solutions have long become indispensable in the business sector. For instance, if you have 500 or more employees, you simply cannot avoid special software. They help with payroll accounting or vacation planning on such a scale. Tools for strategic aspects of HR have been an indispensable part of ERP solutions like SAP, IBM, Oracle, and Co.
Inefficient implementation of operational activities often leaves no time for strategic initiatives that add value.
On the other hand, in SMBs, HR departments often turn to Excel and other rudimentary tools to perform routine tasks. Therefore, inefficient implementation of operational activities often leaves no time for strategic initiatives that add value. For instance, these include improving productivity, increasing employee satisfaction, or optimizing processes. This often happens in critical areas. For instance, recruitment or talent management are increasingly important in times of skills shortages. Especially in midsize companies.
Lean Tools from the Cloud for Personnel Management
Modern personnel management solutions, especially from the cloud, promise a solution. The range of simple and inexpensive HR tools specifically targeting SMBs still appears to be quite slim. This is compared to other business segments, such as customer management, collaboration, or even accounting. However, there are already several lightweight “best of breed” tools. They focus on a clearly defined area of responsibility. And enable HR departments to speed up daily processes. In addition to work better together as a team, and do their jobs more efficiently. Certainly, the range of offers is wide. From payroll, time tracking, vacation planning, and travel expense accounting, to recruiting and applicant management.
Regarding payroll, modern online solutions like Sage People or Edlohn are increasingly replacing classic desktop programs like Lexware Pay & Salary. Users can access them easily and from anywhere on the web. And keep them automatically up to date, without having to install updates themselves. You don’t need to be a specialist either. “Intelligent” wizards support users and guide them through the individual steps. At the same time, they take care of all the necessary settings and calculations. This way, the payroll department finally complies with the legal requirements.
HR Management: Time Tracking, Hiring, and More
Additionally, lean cloud tools can cover core aspects of personnel management like timekeeping, vacation planning, travel expense accounting, and recruiting. With the rise of cloud computing, these areas have become separate software categories. For example, with Zep, companies that process their orders in a project-oriented way can keep a record of working times. And manage travel expenses in a central platform.
Lean cloud tools can cover core aspects of personnel management like timekeeping, vacation planning, travel expense accounting, and recruiting.
If you are interested in time tracking, you can use professional German cloud services like TimeTac or Clockodo. These focus on simple recording and evaluation of projects and work times.
When it comes to travel expense accounting, Rydoo is a modern cloud service that companies can use. It helps them speed up all the processes involved in the preparation, registration, approval, and settlement of travel expenses. And scores with useful features that automate expense management, from receipts to accounting.
In the area of e-recruiting, Softgarden is a sophisticated alternative developed and operated in Germany. It helps companies to place job ads on their own website or Facebook page, as well as on job boards. This way, they can professionally manage applicants, and find the right candidates.
All-in-One
Anyone who places greater demands on personnel management software can turn to holistic all-in-one solutions. From professional applicant management to digital personnel files, which store all employee data and documents. To strategic tasks such as talent management or vocational training, and beyond. A central platform supports all operational and strategic processes related to efficient personnel management.
A good example here is Bamboo HR. This cloud service enables SMBs to manage all employee-related information in one place. And access it from anywhere. Whether in the office via the web app or on the go with the mobile apps. Therefore, with HR Works, Sage HR Online, and the high-end Workday solution, more integrated platforms are available. They attract medium and large companies, and have proven themselves in practice.
How Can Business Personnel Management Tools Help?
Above all, we are in a process of digitization, and in an economy increasingly based on knowledge. Therefore, this requires measures to identify specialists and managers, qualify them, and link them to the company.
Therefore, companies need to carry out administrative tasks in HR management efficiently. This way, they can better focus on strategically important initiatives such as recruiting or talent management. Modern software solutions, especially from the cloud, can provide valuable services for both operational and strategic workforce processes.
Lean tools area-specific allow easy entry into digital HR work, all-in-one solutions offer a rich set of features. As a result, they allow a central platform to handle all HR management processes.
Modern online solutions like Sage People or Edlohn are increasingly replacing classic desktop programs like Lexware Pay & Salary.
Bamboo HR, HR Works, Sage HR Online, and the high-end Workday solution, among other integrated platforms available.
