There are many reasons for not having the HR personnel you need. Sometimes your HR people are on leave or on vacation. Sometimes they have quit on short notice. At other times, you may have found it necessary to fire someone.

When one or more of these instances have occurred simultaneously, your company can feel the pinch for lack of HR staff. These people are responsible for a lot of tasks that make a company run smoothly. To resolve this sudden lack of HR staff, you Should think about hiring an HR consulting firm. Here is why and how this firm can make your HR troubles disappear.

HR Consulting Covers ALL the Bases

HR consultants cover everything from writing employee handbooks to hiring new staff. Better yet, they can act as your HR people until you can hire new HR staff or your remaining HR person comes back from leave. Everything your company's HR staff would normally handle, from harassment complaints to raises and payroll, an HR consultant manages. The consultant will even interview and hire the new HR staff for you. Once these new staff members have been effectively "on-boarded" by the HR consultant, the consultant's time working for you is done.

Reasonable Rates for a Complicated Problem

Most HR consulting firms know that when you call to hire them, your company has some major issues. They will ask you exactly what you need and provide only what you ask for. In addition to tailoring services to fit your company's current HR department needs, the consultants charge a wage/salary that is on par with what you normally would pay an HR employee, plus a tiny bit extra to resolve your problems on a moment's notice. Given your current position, you might even consider the rates a bargain—a real headache eliminator. 

Hire as Needed

HR consultants are not like temp agency employees. They are not typically contract employees; you can hire a consultant on an as-needed basis. Additionally, if you love having a particular consultant work for you, you could hire a consultant as a full-time HR employee with no extra fees or contractual financial punishments from the consulting agency. Of course, the decision for that consultant to come work for you depends entirely on what you offer the consultant and whether or not the consultant wants to give up his/her consulting position. Otherwise, you can just keep requesting that consultant to continue working for you in your HR department.

If you are looking to use an HR consulting company, contact a company like HR Elements, LLC and they will help answer any additional questions you may have.