Putting the human back into human resources

Epitomised in the name, Hibob is a cloud-based platform aiming to put the human touch back into HR.

The site will allow employee data to be uploaded to cloud-based software, rendering trailing through spreadsheets redundant as people management becomes interactive and available in one system.

Within the system, HR can manage people, benefits and engagement, covering a range of tasks from absences to auto-enrolment and pensions. According to Andy Bellass, Co-Founder of Hibob, the software can save HR professionals 36 to 38 days a year.

Bellass, speaking to HR Grapevine, reveals his motivations for the start-up: “If you type ‘HR software’ into Google, there are thousands of options out there. However, we did our own research and found that 84% of small businesses don’t use any HR software – there must be something going wrong here. Recently, we met with a company of around 200 to 300 people and they were managing employee time off using bits of paper in a shoebox. If there’s so much technology out there, why aren’t people using it?