Harnessing the power of HR apps for streamlined processes

There’s no denying that streamlined processes make a business tick.

There’s also no denying that processes need people and people need the right tools and technology to make them streamlined—it’s a mutually dependent relationship that makes the business world go round.

This is where the power of HR apps comes into play. Integrating the right apps into your business empowers people and propels processes wherever they are needed. From vacation management to personal development, the role of HR apps is multifaceted and, in many cases, business-critical in this day and age.

That’s why we’re taking a look at the many ways in which HR apps can (and do) catapult organizations to success. Let’s dive in…

The benefits of HR apps for leave management

First up, it’s everyone’s favorite work topic: time off! Nobody needs a headache when it comes to requesting leave, whichever side of the request you’re on, so be sure to look for an HR app that simplifies the whole process.

A solution that makes it as straightforward to submit a request as it is to approve—it will make everyone’s lives easier. With every detail tracked in one place, you’ll be able to accurately monitor your employees’ holiday days across your business. And they’ll be able to see exactly how much leave they’ve got left at any given moment.

Of course, another big upside to an app-based solution is that it makes you fully compliant as a business that subscribes to UK employment laws. You’ll never have to scramble around for paperwork and you’ll know exactly what your payroll looks like each month without having to dig through weeks of emails and timesheets.

Features like staff holiday planners empower your employees to take the leave they’re entitled to. Reducing the risk of burnout and, in turn, boosting productivity in the long run.

The benefits of HR apps for time and attendance tracking

Now, time on the clock needs to run as smoothly as time on the beach for any member of staff, so you need an HR app that makes clocking in and out a breeze. No matter where your employees are working from, they need to be able to register their time with ease and you need to be able to track it to optimise everything from your workflow to your payroll.

Blip provides exactly that for businesses of any size—discover how it can help you streamline your time-tracking. It’s a great way to track attendance and look for the efficiencies you can make on a weekly, monthly or yearly basis.

The benefits of HR apps for shift and rota management

When it comes to scheduling, from juggling shift swaps to avoiding rota clashes, you need an HR app that gives you the power to do it all in one place.

Being able to create work rotas in an instant and—as is necessary in today’s fast-moving world of work—react to change within such rotas is a prerequisite of any great HR strategy.

The instant alerts and notifications you’ll find built into the BrightHR app afford you complete control over every shift, giving you an immediate view of who’s picking up what and when. If there’s an illness or a no-show, for example, you can quickly offer open shifts to free staff and get notified if anyone accepts it.

There’s no room for confusion with the smart rota planner either. The intuitive interface makes it easy for you to find, edit and duplicate shifts, while giving your staff a clear view of their proposed shift patterns in a table layout that’s easy to navigate.

The benefits of HR apps for recruitment

A big chunk of HR’s responsibility comes in the shape of recruitment—the very thing that keeps a business moving.  From the posting of the initial vacancy to the onboarding of new employees, it has long been a laborious process involving many programs, platforms and, for the even more traditionally minded, pens and papers.

As a modern alternative, an app-based approach to HR and recruitment makes it much smoother and simpler to find and onboard new staff. No matter your market, you can streamline every facet of the process with easy-to-use candidate management tools, which allow you to track applicants, schedule interviews and make offers to those you want to hire all within a single hub.

The benefits of HR apps for self-service, recognition and benefits for employees

Tasks like managing rotas and seamlessly sifting through CVs come easy to any HR manager or business owner with a dedicated app at their fingertips, but the benefits also extend to employees themselves in more ways than one.

You can recognise and incentivise the top performers in your workforce with a dedicated rewards program that revolutionizes the practice of employee reviews. It’s a great way to show your staff you care by providing bespoke feedback as well as personalized benefits that suit both your brand and their needs and wants as people.

Perks and rewards schemes help employees feel part of something bigger and better—something that is more than just a job—so it pays to invest in employee recognition on the HR front.

What’s more is that this kind of approach can also help raise your retention rates through the roof. Frequent reminders that you get rewarded for your hard work over and above your salary are exactly what keeps people engaged and invested in a business, so try to embrace an employee recognition platform as part of your HR strategy.

The benefits of HR apps for online document storage and communication

If the perks of the job are the fun stuff, you might consider storage and security the sensible stuff, but they’re no less important. Of course, there’s no judgment here if storage and security solutions are precisely what perk you up…

Finding the right HR app to safely store all your documentation as a business is critical. Indeed, secure online storage, seamless file sharing and smooth communication are essential components of any modern HR operation, so you need an app that can help you manage all of that in one place.

Free yourself from clutter and rid yourself of stress, with the knowledge that everything you need can be safely stored in the cloud.

The benefits of HR apps for e-learning and training

Keeping staff up to date with health & safety training and other industry updates is part and parcel of HR, but the process of doing so might send shivers down the spines of those who don’t have a dedicated HR app to facilitate it.

Luckily, BrightHR’s app offers a built-in approach to both training and e-learning, so you can keep your staff engaged and upskilled at every stage of your business's growth. It not only gives your team members access to industry-standard courses from any location, but it also gives you the ability to assign tasks and track their progress from one simple and intuitive hub.

It’s a great tool for talent acquisition, too, since it offers a clear path for growth within the right roles. Whether you need to fill skill gaps today or keep top performers engaged tomorrow, you can tailor your approach with BrightHR.

Discover effortless HR processes with the BrightHR app

Specific HR needs will differ from business to business, of course, but the need to make people management easy is undeniably a common thread, no matter your specialty. Streamlined processes and empowered people equipped with the right tools and technologies to succeed is one heck of a combination for the modern business.

From increased productivity and employee engagement to improved storage and compliance, the benefits of integrating the right apps into your HR systems stretch far and wide. One of the best things about BrightHR’s suite of tools and services is that they can be tailored to your unique needs, so you can start fitting square pegs into square holes from here on out.

Explore the features and benefits of BrightHR’s software today to help your business grow (and grow some more). You won’t look at HR processes the same way again because, well, you won’t have to—it’s the end-to-end solution that handles it all for you.

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