HR development services

As one of the UK’s leading recruitment, training and HR solutions companies.

We are expert in all areas of strategic HR development, implementation and measurement, and work with leading employers across a wide range of sectors.

HR is ultimately about getting the best out of your people and by doing so maximising your bottom line potential. People are an organisation’s greatest asset and retaining them by investing in their development, treating them fairly, equitably and with respect are essential to avoid conflict and to deliver results.

We at Acorn can help you achieve this by providing expert professional advice, guidance and support from our team of HR professionals who have experience across a range of business sectors and HR disciplines of both small and large organisations.

small companies (SMEs)

Our services include:

• If yours is a start-up business we will develop basic  HR processes (free of charge) to get you started and to ensure legal compliance
  
• If yours is an established SME, we conduct an audit (free of charge) on your current HR processes and make recommendations to ensure you have the “essentials” in place. In addition, we deliver a one-day awareness workshop (free of charge) to your management team on their responsibilities as people managers and current best HR practice to ensure legal compliance and consistent, fair and equitable treatment of employees

We deliver our service:

• on a project, daily or hourly rate when designing, developing and implementing the solutions recommended following our free audit.
  
• on a retained basis whether or not an audit is undertaken and solutions implemented.

A retained service is a cost-effective method of managing your HR needs. A monthly fee ensures that at any time during the month you receive advice, guidance and support on all your HR related issues ranging from helping you to deal with a problem you have with an employee (e.g. grievance, poor conduct, poor attendance, poor performance) to writing a contract of employment.

As each business is different so is the amount of support required.  Therefore we will work with you and set a realistic amount of hours you will need to purchase per month. Your requirements will be reviewed regularly.

Benefits of using us:

• effective use of resources - no need for excessive in-house HR capabilities
  
• flexibility - you decide how and when you require support
  
• accessibility - to other HR-related service provision as and when required, e.g. health & safety, training, occupational health, etc.
  
• maximisation of grant assistance - depending on eligibility we will assist you to access any grant funding that may be available in relation to relevant parts of our service
  
• up-to-date information - we will provide you with regular HR updates and access to networking groups.

larger organisations

Our services include:

We offer a full range of HR activities focusing on our main areas of expertise, including:

• managing absence
  Most organisations are unaware of their own absence levels or of the related cost implications to their business. We can help you identify how much absence is costing you and put in place simple measures to ensure a cost saving is achieved. Our experience suggests a little attention in this area yields significant returns.
  
• internal communications
  Effective internal communication is key to business success. A well informed workforce is generally a satisfied workforce, which manifests itself in high morale and low staff turnover. We can help you design and implement the most appropriate process for your organisation.
  
• employee satisfaction surveys and action plans
  We can help you design your employee satisfaction questionnaire conduct your survey, interpret and report on the results.  Following this process we will make recommendations to improve employee satisfaction. Such surveys make employees feel involved and valued and provide organisations with invaluable information on ways to develop their business. There is a high correlation between satisfied employees and satisfied customers.

We deliver our service:

• On a project basis or daily rate.

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