So we all know that the strategic contributions of an HR professional help to drive the success of an organisation but which tasks are HR called upon most to contribute to organisational bottom-line success?

A Society for Human Resource Management survey, based on the responses of 267 randomly selected HR professionals from the SHRM membership, revealed the following results:

Recruit and retain – 77.2%
Develop employee skills – 55.8%
Address healthcare costs – 50.9%
Engage and motivate employees – 50.9%
Keep costs down – 48.7%
Communicate corporate vision – 30.7%
Identify trends – 24.3%
Human capital strategy – 22.1%
Head strategic planning – 16.5%
Measure business drivers – 16.5%