Consulting

Top Personnel consulting department offers an HR audit service allowing the assessment of the company's potential for growth and development, seeking to optimize its organizational structure, and consequently increase the effectiveness of its staff management systems.

The following steps are used to accomplish the above objectives

Research into the main functions and specifics of staff management systems in order to increase their effectiveness. Top Personnel provides independent expert opinion about the development of these systems and how relevant they are to the company needs. During the research period Top Personnel evaluates all factors influencing staff performance efficiency, identifies any existing problems and proposes a number of solutions for their elimination.

The primary research method is a written survey. This allows all employees to express their opinions and to contribute to the optimisation of the organizational structure of the company; it also provides Top Personnel with the information necessary to assess the level of staff satisfaction in the organization.

• Assessment of quality and the importance of various human resource functions in utilizing staff capabilities to their full potential
• Evaluation of the factors influencing the efficiency of staff usage in the whole organization, as well as in separate departments
• The list of factors resulting in inefficient resource utilization, and recommendations for improvement
• Recommendations on how to eliminate existing disadvantages and improve the staff management system
• Employees' evaluation of the company's management methods, and their view about the organizational environment

Optimization of the organizational structure is intended to fulfill the company's main goals and objectives. It is based on the company's strategic plans and is accountable for:

• Striking the correct balance between the company's goals and capabilities
• Effective management of change, focusing on interdepartmental relationships
• Resource allocation; assignment of responsibilities within the organizational hierarchy; minimization of conflict potential in assigning responsibilities of a project where more than one department is involved Top Personnel experts achieve the above objectives by determining each company's major business functions, and by identifying particular areas of responsibilities and management levels as well as the size of and communication systems between the departments.

• Setting clear and measurable objectives for each position and department within the company as a whole
• Development of a remuneration and rewards system based on individual and group performance, allowing the company to monitor the individual results of each employee in order to consistently reward and encourage high performance
• Development of collective and individual social benefits that give the company a competitive advantage on the labor market; increasing staff satisfaction with a minimum of resources. In order to effectively attract, maintain and motivate staff, it is crucial to have a clear understanding of the current labour market, including comparative pay rates in the industry. Top Personnel experts conduct regularly salary surveys in the Moscow region as well as in skill shortage areas around the country. Additional salary surveys can also be conducted on request.

The heat of business success lies in effective staff training and development of their professional skills and personal characteristics.

Staff development is based on the strategic goals of company as a whole, as well as on existing job and qualification requirements.

Experts of Top Personnel assess each company's short- and long-term training requirements based on its strategic objectives and organizational structure. Each candidate's training needs are evaluated, and a development plan is drawn out. Furthermore, our experts assess the training outcomes and draw up plans for the further career development of employees within the client's organization.