Managing employees and navigating the labyrinthian regulations that come with the task is time-consuming and difficult. Hiring new employees, managing payroll, fielding complaints and ensuring legal compliance are all essential human resources roles, and balancing each of those tasks is a challenge. What's a business owner to do when they are already focusing on growing the business and running day-to-day operations?

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Not ready for a dedicated HR team? Perhaps you want a professional employer organization (PEO) to help. PEOs provide HR, benefits and payroll services to small businesses.

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One thing I’ve learned about hiring throughout the years is that there’s no single assessment that can ensure you’ve made the perfect hire. Hiring is a combination of empirical analysis and gut feel. However, there are now lots of different assessments available, and you can find one that makes sense for your work environment and teams. Using the right one can help increase the odds that you’re adding a great new member to your company.

Why assess?

Everyone who went to university in the United States is familiar with the ACT and SAT exams at the undergraduate level, and the GRE, GMAT, LSAT and MCAT at the graduate level. These were (and still are) fairly dreadful rites of passage with wide-ranging (in)accuracies in predicting for success in college, much less beyond in the workplace. So why do they exist? Because universities are inundated with applicants and need a differentiating factor to dispassionately eliminate large numbers of those seeking a place.

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As a small business owner, it's easy to end up drowning in administrative tasks. Part of what made your small business so successful – your ability to wear multiple hats – can end up becoming counterproductive, draining you of the valuable time and resources you need to focus on keeping your operation going.

From payroll to tax compliance, if you're starting a business or are at the helm of a growing organization, there are certain things that you just won't have time to take care of. Professional employer organizations (PEOs) provide a unique co-employment model that grants small businesses access to Fortune 500-level benefits, standardized HR policies and practices, risk management support, and workers' compensation coverage, plus an extensive library of training resources to educate employees and partners on an array of topics.

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Business trends come and go, but they impact our daily work lives. When it comes to HR management, evolving technology and a shift in workforce needs will continue to shape the trends we’ll see in 2018.

As HR professionals seek ways to operate more effectively, let’s examine four of the key trends the human capital management experts at EPAY Systems believe will hit your radar screen as 2018 unfolds.

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