{"id":952,"date":"2020-02-05T10:52:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T23:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sage-people-scraping-ca.local\/?p=952"},"modified":"2026-02-05T20:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:11:13","slug":"what-are-basic-hr-functions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/what-are-basic-hr-functions\/","title":{"rendered":"What are basic HR functions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/category\/people-leadership\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">People &amp; Leadership<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat are basic HR functions?\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-header__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on \">Published <time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2020-02-05T10:52:57+11:00\">February 5, 2020<\/time><\/span><span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"What are basic HR functions?\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/what-are-basic-hr-functions\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author has-dark-background-color alignfull\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-authors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/author\/charlottepenny\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/charlotte-penny.jpg\" class=\"entry-author__image\" alt=\"Headshot of Charlotte Penny\" \/>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-author__name\">Charlotte Penny<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Basic HR functions are the key activities that the human resources (HR) team in an organisation needs to carry out in order to acquire and sustain a workforce. Today, the role of HR is changing rapidly and going beyond these tasks to add far more strategic value and insight. HR and People teams have been able to automate and streamline many repetitive tasks, improving efficiency and accuracy and liberating themselves to focus on more valuable activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HR teams have historically been responsible for a large amount of data administration \u2013 maintaining employee records in a secure and compliant way, keeping policies up to date and dealing with payroll and benefits. Today, digitally empowered People teams use process automation, HR software and self-service systems to run basic processes and store data securely. They are responsible for making sure these processes are effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a typical 21<sup>st<\/sup> century organisation, HR and People teams spend much more time working on a variety of projects that support business goals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-workforce-experience-management\"><strong>Workforce experience management<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A crucially important function of today\u2019s HR and People team. Using analytics and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/hr-analytics-people-science-more-than-just-reporting\/\">People Science<\/a>, HR leaders identify the experiences that their employees want and need. They work to make the everyday experience convenient and motivating, such as empowering employees to work on the go with mobile accessibility, communicating clearly and relevantly to employees and recognising great work, to motivate and inspire the whole team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-recruitment-and-talent-acquisition\"><strong>Recruitment and talent acquisition<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finding and hiring the best people in a timely way, to meet business demand. This includes advertising for candidates, screening applications, conducting interviews, giving feedback, making job offers and on-boarding new starters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-performance-and-talent-management\"><strong>Performance and talent management<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means getting the best from the workforce \u2013 spotting future leaders, building strong teams and championing a plan to develop and manage skills effectively across the workforce. Enabling peer-to-peer recognition, cascaded objectives and continuous review processes may be part of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-people-analytics\"><strong>People analytics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The engine room of modern HR. Teams monitor key metrics with on-demand reports and dashboards. They use data insight to identify workforce trends and discover the underlying reasons for them. 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