What's the "Right" Number of HR Employees?

With labor costs making up a large part of the HR budget, the ability to serve more employees with a smaller HR staff represents significant potential cost savings. For that reason, it’s common for leaders to ask questions about how many HR employees the organization has and how many it needs. 

Benchmarking HR staff productivity enables you to talk about headcount in a data-driven way that connects to business goals and outcomes. In this article, we highlight cross-industry data related to HR staff productivity, provide guidance for how to benchmark productivity, and discuss five areas where you can invest resources to enhance the productivity of your HR employees. 

This article was first published in partnership with Human Resource Executive. 

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