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A DAY INTHE LIFE

employees checks & balances are now quick, easy generalist and replace them with outsourced HR—if
and cheap to automate. they intend to replace the role at all. Outsourcing
If we are providing no more value than being means that employers can increase the value of HR
notetakers and gatekeepers to standard policies, then to a business whilst reducing their costs. It makes
we cannot, with any amount of seriousness, blame perfect business sense. It’s a no-brainer. Don’t get me
employers for considering us expendable. Are you an wrong; I’m not complaining.
HR professional that thinks outside the box? Do you There is plenty of work for those of us working as
know if you are commercial? Are you keen to settle HRpreneurs, and this demand is set to do nothing
cases or offer compromise agreements? How do you but increase. Coronavirus has helped with those
work to protect a company? Do you offer advice or changes, but it’s not too late for the HR
just carry out instructions? How do you monitor or professional—they need to understand the need to
prove your accountability? What does success look change; doubly so, they need to realise that the time
like in your role, and how do you monitor or prove to change is now.This is the stuff that new years
it? In a nutshell; how do you demonstrate your value resolutions should be made of. My message of what
to your employer? These are questions that hardly lessons we can learn from 2020 and take into the
any HR professionals ask themselves, but their future is to develop, grow, learn and most of all, think
employers are. Employers are asking these questions about the value you are adding and how it can be
when looking to lower, increased. As a profession our value has been dealt a
or outright remove, heavy blow this year, it will take a long time to
the expenses that recover.The time for change is coming and those
come with who want to stand out in the industry, those who
having an are the best at what they do, need to look into
in-house ways to develop, change and be noticed.
HR Wishing everyone a very merry socially
distanced Christmas and a very happy
and healthy New Year.

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