HR needs to get its head around the profit motive

When we talk about how valuable HR is, in reality, we simply mean giving advice on how to handle situations to keep an organisation legally safe (and keep employee relations at an optimum level), and how much can be saved on the bottom line.

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Most HR professionals do a pretty good job on the first aspect, but fail dismally on the second.

John Hooley
HR operations, Virtual Group