Brochures: Human Resources  Brochures RSS Feed Business in Transition Services - Managing Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures and DownsizingIn today's economy, many organizations are experiencing economic impact not seen in recent history. Our advisory services help organizations develop strategies, convert those strategies to operating plans and implement optimization projects with the speed and precision necessary to drive value when the pressure to perform is immense. Many of our clients become overwhelmed with the decisions, process and deadlines. Couple those burdens with a lack of resources, and our expertise becomes vital. Contract Diagnostic Services - Know How Your Contract Stacks UpWhen it comes to outsourcing contract performance, executives often "don't know what they don't know". Does your contract address the latest regulatory challenges? How does your service level agreement (SLA) compare to the market? Are you getting a fair price? Expert Outsourcing Management and Governance Delivers ResultsManaging an outsourcing relationship requires different skills, processes and supporting tools than those needed for internal functions. Organizations typically do not possess extensive outsourcing management experience and tend to underestimate the challenges, skills and resources required to deliver the benefits they originally sought when signing the deal. HR Contract Review Services - Is Your HRO Contract Competitive? Are you getting everything you can from your outsourced service agreements — or are they costing you money? Contract reviews are occurring in greater frequency and at shorter intervals as a means to keep in step with market practices and pricing. No longer are organizations waiting until year four or five of a contract to evaluate how the delivery market has changed, because in today’s challenging times every dollar counts. Human Resources Advisory Services - Achieve Competitive Advantage with More Efficient HRAs competitive pressures mount, an organization’s human capital remains the distinguishing factor between good and great. A world-class service delivery model for Human Resources (HR) that allows you to focus on this critical asset can provide the competitive advantage required to succeed in today’s marketplace. Human Resources Diagnostic Services - Understand Your Cost Structure and the Path to ImprovementEquaTerra offers a Human Resources Diagnostic - a service designed to be completed within two to four weeks and helps HR practitioners determine how their organization is performing with respect to its peers, the market and outsourcing service providers. Our service turns analysis into an actionable plan for improvement. Invoice Audit Services - Increase the Value of OutsourcingEnsuring invoice accuracy is one of the quickest and easiest ways to increase the value of outsourcing, but many buyers are plagued by questions including, "How do I know if my outsourcing invoices are accurate?" and "How much have I been overpaying?" Public Sector HR Transformation Training Program - Evaluate Performance and Strategic ValueEquaTerra's Public Sector HR Transformation Training Program is designed to provide participants with the necessary approaches and skills to transform their HR operations to a strategic partner model - one that operates successfully within the unique environment of government and not-for-profit organizations. The project-based training is designed to ensure that new HR, IT and organization redesign initiatives are fully implemented within your organization. Shared Services Diagnostic - Sustaining the Value of Shared ServicesShared services delivery is rapidly evolving and new, more efficient ways of operating are continually emerging. Operations that were world-class a few years ago may be out of step. And organizations focused on continuous improvement are seeing the bar ever moving. EquaTerra's Shared Services Diagnostic includes process and organizational health, financial benchmarks and a roadmap tailored to your unique situation. It goes far beyond traditional benchmarking and generic lists of best practices by providing step-by-step guidance on how to optimize your shared services performance. Shared Services On-site Brand Workshop - Transcend the TransactionalWhat incremental positioning might you expect in your internal marketplace if you successfully elevated your reputation for quality and value? What are the other dimensions of your image, and what lift might you achieve by enhancing those? EquaTerra's one day program helps shared services organizations change how they are percieved by their customers. U.S. Public Sector Business Support Services - Transform Business Support Functions So You Can Focus on the Needs of Your ConstituentsAs public servants, government officials' principal mission is to provide needed services to citizens and taxpayers in a timely and effective manner. Unfortunately, the ongoing management of business support functions - such as human resources, finance and accounting, information technology, facilities and procurement - can consume all of one's available time and energy. Running day-to-day government operations may become a full-time job in itself, leaving insufficient time to focus on the needs of citizens. U.S. Public Sector HR Services - Achieving Higher Performance in Human Capital ManagementEquaTerra helps human resources organizations be strategic. Our expert advisors help clients understand their baseline costs, build business cases for change, align stakeholders, identify and evaluate transformation options, and implement the chosen path. As a result, our clients have reduced their costs, improved service levels, increased efficiency, and, most importantly, positioned themselves to play a greater strategic role in the organization’s business. Utility Advisory Services - Reduce Business Support Costs and Improve Service EffectivenessLow top-line growth, high commodity costs and significant regulatory challenges have today’s utility companies seeking ways to reduce their cost of service and increase productivity. According to a recent study by EquaTerra and UtiliPoint, many Utilities are evaluating the role of outsourcing in achieving these goals.