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Yes, and I was offering advice that you may struggle to obtain such a role unless you have a great deal of experience (and apologies if you do). I have been a consultant and what clients want is a confident person who has been there and done it.
A degree…

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Usually consultants have a lot of experience to be able to relate to what their client is going through. You may struggle if you don't have this.

To be honest, I don't see the need for paying for such a service with only 15 people. Spreadsheets are perfectly ok! The other thing to bear in mind with such companies is that they will be very risk averse, and any insurances you have with them will…

Agree with Keith, and remember the guidance offered many times on these pages, that anyone who describes themselves as a "people person" probably has the wrong idea about what HR is. This may not be what you mean, but make clear you understand the function…

Thanks Katy!

Why whisper it? HR people are business professionals are they not?

What Elizabeth said! Elizabeth also posted on a different question that HR isn't a theoretical practice but actually exists in nuanced organisations. Would my colleagues in my business react well to my theorising about whether I was a pluralist or unitarian…

Hi Sayma, thank you, that's very interesting. As I've said a couple of times though, we did change things to enable people to have a break at sunset. Many thanks.

HI Rebecca, there was a similar thread recently about restricting what people do in their own time, with very similar answers. The employer has little right to involve itself in someone's private time, especially if the planned activity is legal (not…

Thank you Nahida, and as I mentioned, we are doing things a bit differently now until the end of Ramadan to enable people to get a break at sunset.