Human resource management is an essential part of every company. Whether it’s hiring new employees, training, or ensuring that local labor laws are complied with, HR processes are a vital part of every company. Automation is invading the HR space, and very soon everything that can be automated, will be automated.

Many departments track service requests manually through spreadsheets and emails, or using a basic ticket management system. HR departments should consider implementing a service catalog that enables automation of processes, for seamless on boarding and request management throughout the company. Aside from IT teams, human resource departments bear the brunt of service requests that filter through organizations. This makes automation even more vital to providing efficiency in service management.

HR is an area where there are many business process that are ripe for automation to improve efficiency and reduce risks in the areas of hiring, retaining and – when necessary – firing staff. The benefits of automation can be felt by staff across the business, including those in the HR department and by the company as a whole. Of course, there will always be a need for humans in human resources, wherever a situation requires complexity or sensitivity that is still beyond any software, but that’s no excuse for failing to explore automation.

Automating your HR makes recruitment and related processes seamless, low-involvement events.Think of all the other stuff that your people could get done - the number one activity that occurs to me here is spending more time on analyzing data, so that the HR decisions that you make from here on in are even better. A self-contained automated HR process is safer and more private. There's less scope for human error - things like confidential documents being sent to the wrong person, paper documents getting lost or destroyed.

Overall, these benefits outweigh any possible risks associated with automating human resources, and as long as the changes are implemented in a sensible and strategic way, your business and the people within it will quickly start to notice all of the ways that automation is enabling them to do their jobs more efficiently and effectively.