Best HR Software

HR is a unique combination of human problems with technical solutions. HR software can automate mundane tasks and processes that eat up valuable time that your staff needs to be spending on the strictly human aspects of HR. Additionally, it can automate reporting, allowing you to analyze data faster, identify issues earlier, and develop better solutions.

There is no need to feel stuck with HR software that doesn’t work for you. If your HR software no longer works for your company for any reason, you can:

• Evaluate what’s not working — If you don’t know what the problem is, you can’t fix it. Take a look at your processes and make note of where roadblocks, bottlenecks, and other issues are occurring. From there you can: 
• Contact the company to receive more training — Sometimes you just don’t have the training you need to utilize the software’s full potential.
• Check for software integrations — Many HR software platforms allow you to integrate with other software. If you’re having a specific problem, integrating a specific software with your current platform may be the perfect solution.
• Check your contract — If you’re not happy with your current HR software, check the contract to see what cancellation fees exist. Sometimes it’s worth it to just cut ties and move on, sometimes it’s not.  
• Start shopping around — Whether you can make a new purchase quickly or not, it never hurts to know what else is out there. Start researching other solutions and evaluating if they can solve your current frustrations. When you are ready to make a purchase, you’ll be that much more ahead. 

HR software can come with a variety of features. Some companies provide an all-in-one software solution while others focus on specific aspects, like payroll. However, the following features are the most commonly include:

• Applicant Tracking Software (ATS) — Saves your company time and money while recruiting, keeps track of resumes, and helps you streamline the hiring process and select the best candidate.
• Benefits Administration — Helps HR leaders manage all employee benefits on one integrated platform. This includes data and analytics tools that help HR make well-informed, strategic decisions.
• Talent Management — Helps your company acquire new employees (recruiting and employee onboarding), helps those employees grow and progress while at your company, and assists with successful offboarding as well.
• Employee Engagement — Offers surveys (often customizable) for management to send to employees. With the feedback, the HR department can improve the employee’s engagement in their jobs and identify areas for improvement.
• Human Resources Business Process Outsourcing (HR BPO) — Business process outsourcing is when you contract a third-party service provider to complete a specific task for business.
• Learning Management Software (LMS) — Hosts e-learning content, modules, or lessons, often for onboarding new employees, professional development, or retraining your workforce.
• Payroll — Automates the process of calculating paychecks. This software will calculate taxes and other deductions. Payroll software often comes with some sort of time clock software to keep track of which hours employees worked.
• Performance Management — Helps leadership understand and track employees’ productivity and performance. This then helps inform other aspects of Human Capital Management (HCM).
• Self-Service Portal — A place where employees can log in and see or adjust their personal information in relation to the company. They can clock in, request time off, see information about their paycheck, view their benefits, and view trainings and other information about the company. This gives employees help with and access to many of their HR questions and frees up time for the HR staff.
• Time Clock/Time Tracking Software — Saves time for your bookkeeper and dramatically reduces the likelihood of clerical errors. This kind of time and attendance software often includes features like allowing employees to clock in on an app from their phones, restricting clock-ins to certain geographic areas (ex: only clock in while at the office, or at the job site), or requesting time off.

Price of HR software depends on the size of your business and which features you want. Very few HR software companies list prices on their websites. You’ll need to contact individual companies in order to get a quote. On the low end, you should expect to pay $10 per employee per month.