Why We think Differently & offer Value Added HR Support.

But aren’t all Outsourced HR Services all the Same? How are we at Craven HR Services any different?

Yes we offer all the usual ‘HR & People Management’ Services, but what Value Added HR do we offer?

Ok I will try & explain ‘in a nutshell’. The following are the elements of HR & People Management, which we believe makes us extra special & positively sets us apart from others similar providers;

• Authentic – We are real people who have have tons of HR/People Management experience working with real people in various sectors & industries
• Approach – We are more pragmatic and less ‘risk adverse’ in relation to HR/People Management (in the right context of course), I’m a Creative Problem Solver, Passionate & down to earth, with a SOH and I’ll tell it like it is
• Avoid Formal Processes – We like to avoid long formal process driven processes (where possible) & instead positively coach you & your managers to have the conversations that need to be held, to help you & your people to increase self-awareness and responsibility for enhanced performance & productivity
• Branding & Marketing & Communications – We understand your time restraints & pressures, but we love helping businesses with their branding & marketing, we are also told we are pretty good at it, we also love being the positive communicator for the business
• Business Plans & Strategy – We are a small business, why do we need business plans & strategy? Treat your small business as a huge corporate one, in terms of the foundations, rid yourselves of the ‘small business’ mindset (reactive) & focus on a more ‘proactive’ mindset that will enable natural business growth. Strategy is at the core & heart of every successful business, we can also help you implement your Company ‘Mission’, ‘Vision’, & Values
• Positive Personal Brand – Strong Focus on Partner Relationships, Business Transformation,  Compliance, Culture, Continuous Improvement, Risk Management & promoting a Safe Working Culture
• Coaching – We all have that one Positive Leader who we remember more than anyone else, there will be different reasons why we credit this person, they may have helped you breakthrough or gave you that amazing opportunity, ultimately they ‘believed in you’ our point is, we can help you be that Leader, we can also love coaching those employees with ‘high potential’ & seeing them soar
• Continuous Improvement – Is a permanent state of change, & we love it, striving to get better & better, always changing, always innovating, never boring or dull
• Culture – We thrive on helping you to build a positive & healthy culture; by implementing and slotting together, the various components like a jigsaw
• Current & Consistent – We are a Habit (you will get something regularly), Committed & Genuine (Our Testimonials shout about this), we tell real Stories; we are Consistent & Positive; we Love Blogging
• Growth & Support – We do genuinely love working with small businesses, start up’s & entrepreneurs, to help support you to grow, or maintain your business & people & to support you to be an ‘Employer of Choice’ – we celebrate with you the ‘big and the small wins’ in Partnership
• Health & Wellbeing –  Healthy, happy staff are more productive, and take less time off work due to sickness. We can help to develop your wellbeing strategies
• HR Presence – You tell us what you want, we can be a transparent HR ‘presence’ or we can work ‘behind the scenes’
• Positive Leadership – Let’s be honest here, how many poor/unfair ‘boss’s’ have you worked for or do you know? We can help coach you to be a real Leader, we can help enhance your ‘soft skills’ & ‘confidence’ which are crucial in positive leadership, ultimately leadership is ‘vision, ”building your people’, ‘inspire & influence others’ & truly ‘connecting with your team’
• Stand Out – With our continuous Learning & Professional & Personal Development Development; Positive Social Media Prescence, we strive to Stand Out, delivering Insights as well as Information
• Relationships – We really do have a sense of humour & we are great communicators, which helps us build positive relationships with our clients very quickly
• Team Building – We can help you build high performing teams, we will support you to implement; Accountability, SMART Goals, Performance Management, Well defined Roles, Team and Company Values, Regular f2f & team meetings
• Technology – We embrace it, it helps us to become more strategic & bridges the communication gap, we can create accurate analytics that drive enhanced performance management
• Training – We have an array of training experience – including Leadership, HR & People Strategy, Business Planning, Employee Wellbeing, Absence Management, Conflict Management, Data Protection/GDPR, Leading People & Great Teams, Team Values, Managing Investigations, Performance Management, Disciplinary & Grievance, Goal Setting, Branding & Marketing
• Get to know you – We get to know you & your business inside & out including your ‘quirks’ – we all have them

Our Company Core Values – We Embrace them, these are Our Purpose & distinguish Our Brand from Our Competitors; Communication; Change & Innovation; Leadership, Honesty, Integrity & Trust, Passion, Positivity, Reliability, Sustainability & Quality