“Role of a HR Associate in the development of a firm”

To compete in an ever-changing world, a business requires good team of working

professionals. The human resources department plays a vital role in this development by
recruiting highly-skilled people who perfectly fit into the company's culture. They manage the
growth of employees through training and fill employment gaps to help secure a competitive
advantage. HR Associate is the chief support of the Human Resource Department as it manages
the HR database, Assists company's employees with enrolment procedures and HR-related
issues.

Most importantly, HR associates contact candidates' references and verify their education
listings and achievements to avoid fraud candidates. They play a critical role in achieving
organizational goals by supporting employees and conducting professional seminars. They
manage employee payroll by making sure timecards are correct. They also manage employee
new hire and resignation paperwork by ensuring all information is submitted, direct deposit,
compliance modules completion, severance packages, etc.

The HR associate's job is to analyze where the company lacks talent and where talent
overflows. From there, they implement a system to provide more balance. Like, it might
suggest an attrition policy in areas where labor reductions are needed and encourage early
retirement.

In other cases, it might recommend layoffs, although usually as a last resort. To fill vacancies, it
might recommend passive or active recruiting efforts, depending on the goal, which includes
posting a vacancy announcement and recruiting strong candidates from other companies.
They help their employees with all kinds of insurance like health insurance etc.

Assisting with organizational development means having the business savvy to understand
what types of changes can enhance the company's profitability. CEOs and other managers
want numbers, and they expect the HR associate to provide those numbers. They project the
amount of money the organization can save by cutting some jobs, merging others, and
creating new ones, or how spending money on specific programs can improve the business
and its bottom line. Business owners and managers understand that an organization cannot
develop to its full potential while wrangling with legal trouble. While many companies have
legal departments, they often call upon HR Associates to ensure operations comply with laws
and regulations.

HR Associate plans and executes mandatory information sessions on topics such as sexual
harassment prevention. The department also runs extensive background checks on many
candidates to protect the company from negligent hiring claims. Lastly, but crucial part of an
HR associate's job involves maintaining manager and employee's confidence by keeping
human resources information confidential, which pays a lot in the development of any firm.

- Sonal Singh
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra