For HR teams working in construction, the pressure to manage workforces is even more extreme.
According to a 2024 Workforce Survey Analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Arcoro, the industry is struggling with a severe workforce shortage which negatively impacts firms and projects. As HR continues to address these challenges, it’s important to recognize their efforts. September 26 is HR Professional Appreciation Day. Take the time to celebrate your HR staff and devise a plan to help them do their jobs more effectively.
HR Professional Appreciation Day
HR Professional Appreciation Day was created to recognize and celebrate human resource professionals for the role they play in ensuring the success of organizations by nurturing and developing human capital.
Managing the entire employee lifecycle falls on the shoulders of HR. It’s not only a big job, but one that directly affects a company’s productivity and profitability. Effective recruitment is tied to hiring the best candidates, onboarding provides a great start, learning and development gives employees the tools they need to succeed, and benefits, payroll and performance are tied to employee engagement – which is critical. According to statistics compiled by Forbes, companies with highly engaged employees are 21% more profitable and are also 17% more productive.
It’s a big job and HR should be recognized for the work they do.
Showing Appreciation for HR
With only one in three employees saying they received recognition or praise for doing good work, it’s important that your company raise these statistics. Showing your appreciation for your HR team requires doing the same things you would for your entire staff, including:
- Providing positive feedback
- Writing personal thank you notes
- Taking them out to lunch
- Surprising them with small tokens of thanks
- And, giving them well-deserved compliments.
Capitalizing on the national awareness HR Professional Appreciation Day brings is also a great way to thank them publicly.
- Highlight your HR team on social media
- Give them a shout out at a company meeting
- Praise them via intra-office communications like company emails and chats
According to Gallup, the most effective recognition is honest, authentic and individualized to how each employee wants to be recognized. And what’s more, the most memorable recognition comes most often from an employee’s manager (28%), followed by a high-level leader or CEO (24%).
Aside from appreciation, you can recognize your HR team’s contribution to your company by providing them with the tools to easily and efficiently do their jobs.
HR Software Streamlines HR Processes
HR software automates many of the manual tasks your HR team must complete every day, from moving employee records off paper to disseminating vast amounts of data needed to make strategic decisions.
- An ATS can publish job postings to leading national and niche boards and social media sites with just a couple of clicks. The data gleaned from candidate applications can not only help prove hiring compliance but provides a talent pool for future hires.
- Onboarding software allows HR to complete new employee onboarding steps through workflows, such as user accounts, badge access, training and more. An onboarding module allows new hires to complete their onboarding paperwork before creating a user profile with kiosk software.
- Performance management software automates the performance review process, tracks personal goals and company KPIs and as well as manages completion of training and certification programs. Performance management also offers robust reporting for compliance, real-time monitoring and 360-degree feedback.
- Benefits management gives administrators the ability to oversee benefits and apply deductions to employee records along with the capability to allow employee input on these elections. It also offers additional compliance aids, like the Affordable Care Act Compliance module, that eliminate any confusion surrounding employee eligibility.
- Learning management streamlines training completions and certifications for compliance. Required training, like sexual harassment, can be assigned and accessed through the employee portal, 24/7. A learning management system gives companies the ability to upload customizable learning plans but also provides online content. Courses on diversity and inclusion, OSHA regulations, safety, leadership, ethics and more help maintain training compliance.
Show your HR team that you appreciate them and are committed to their success by looking at how HR software can make their jobs easier and your company more productive. Contact us to learn more.
