If you or your team are responsible for managing HR cases in your organisation and you are currently using spreadsheets to do this, you may be wondering if there is a better way! You may be experiencing some frustrations around visibility and control of the caseload and especially reporting.
Most HR teams start tracking HR cases on Excel spreadsheets, often with a shared library to store documents. However, in our experience, as cases start to increase in volume and/or complexity – typically as businesses grow to around 500-1000 employees or more – the spreadsheet system for HR case management starts to become problematic. This is when specialist HR case management software that can match your process and reporting needs more effectively becomes a consideration.
In this blog we look at the best way to compare HR software vs. spreadsheets to help you determine if the move to a more tailored solution is right for your business.
There are 5 main components that you need to think about when you're deciding how best to manage your HR cases: