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Human Resources Services

The nature of the human capital management arena has changed dramatically over the past several years. Cultures Change. Demands Change. Regulations change. We are now expected to become true partners in the success of the business enterprise. Daniel Bloom & Associates, Inc and its partners have developed a comprehensive package of services to aid you in reaching your place at the table.

Strategic Management

  • Labor Market Studies

    Curious as to what the rate of compensation is for a particular position in Cedar Rapids, Iowa? DBAI can help your organization determine the nature of compensation, prevalence in the marketplace of a particular skill set and the population analysis of most locations within the U.S.

  • Vendor Management

    From our relocation consulting experience, we are experienced at locating, evaluating and selecting the various vendors providing resources to your organizations.

  • Process Improvement

    Every organization has hidden within their operations examples of waste and variation which effect your bototm line. Using the Six-Sigma methodology toolbox, the consultants of DBAI can assist you in locating, identifying and improving these processes to make your organization run faster, better and cheaper.

  • Voice of the Customer

    One of the quickest ways to improve the human resource function within your organization is to make a concerted effort to remove those obstacles that are slowing down the delivery of the requirements of the organization. We can assist you in locating these obstacles by comparing your processes to the demands of your customers whether they be internal or external to the organization.

  • Six-Sigma Based Program Implementation

    Whether you are looking at the Theory of Constraints, Lean or Six-Sigma, DBAI has the knowledge and know how to implement the toolbox to help your organization improve their bottom line through analysis of the metrics of your organization.

  • Human Resource Audits

    Akin to the process improvement package of services, the consultants of DBAI have the ability to conduct full audits of your human resource function. Our purpose is to locate those steps within the processes which are providing non-value added steps to meeting the needs of your management both at the department level and at the exectuvie level.

  • HR Metrics

    DBAI can assist you with determining various aspects of your human capital resources through the analysis of your HR processes and graphically preparing data representation to show you the current state of your programs.

  • Retained Human Resources Services

    Have you ever had a human resource function? Has the Chief Executive Officer or his/ her delegate been handling the human resource issues generated by your employees? Based on an annual retainer of less than half of what it would cost you to employ a full time human resource professional, DBAI will provide you ,up to a maximum of 10 hours per month, human resource consulting services to meet your human resource needs. We will also assist your organization to implement human resource processes which are both effective and efficient. We are available when you need us to handle that critical need at the right time.

Workforce Planning

  • Recruitment & Retention

    Dr. John Sullivan, the Talent Guru, has said "We are in a War For Talent...And Guess Who Won?" The talent management services of DBAI will assist your organization in securing the services of the talent you need to carry your organization into the remainder of the 21st Century. We maintain an active presence in the Social Media 2.0 plaforms (LinkedIn, Plaxo, Facebook and Twitter) and have a wide network of contacts to help you locate that needed talent. From the point of hire we can assist with the process of getting them on-board and productive in the shortest possible time ( see our Relocation Services)

  • EEO/Affirmative Action

    Either through our own resources or the services of Effecvtive Resources, we can assist your organization with the process of either developing or updating your Affirmative Action Plan as required by the U.S. Government and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

  • ADA Consulting

    In the past several years there have been some major changes in the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. These changes have had an effect on the organizations affected. Our Managing Consultant was one of the first Certified Advocates for the Learning Disabled in the nation. He has a thorough understanding of the needs of both sides of the equation. We can assist you in reviewing your workplace for compliance with the Act and to ascertain just what accommodations are needed by your employees to be productive members of your organization. The disabled can be some of your most loyal employees with the right working environment.

  • Pre-Employment Assessments

    According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the average cost of replacing an employee is 41 percent of the annual salary. Some industry metrics indicate that the turnover cost maybe 150 percent of the annual salary. Clearly, the cost of a bad hire can be dramatic to your organization and on your bottom line. Through our partnership with Gately Consulting, we have the ability to identify which of the top candidates is a best fit for the position.

Employment Development

  • Business Coaching

    Having an executive with that stone wall in front of them? Do you have some issues with getting your cultural message out to the employees and management? Daniel Bloom & Associates, Inc. can provide your organization with one-on-one coaching for your executives.

  • Attribute Training Effectiveness Assessments

    Struggling with trying to assess the effectiveness of your training programs? This unique model leads to a method of assessing the training you are offering based on the attributes you are expecting out of your training. Can be customized for your particular organization. The tool uses the attribute model to determine the return on investment of your training as well as a dashboard presentation as to whether you are achieving your goal.

  • Workplace Issue Training

    DBAI can provide workplace issue training to both employees and management in areas such as, but not limited to sexual harassment, conflict resolution, the employee to supervisor transition and ADA issues.

  • Performance Improvement

    The purpose of assisting your employees to become better at what they do, is to create quality and a smoothly running organization. Let DBAI assist you to develop interactive training programs to meet those needs. The programs can be either off the shelf or custom designed for your organization. (See the Seminar tab at the top of the pagfe for further information about our off-the-shelf programs)

Compensation and Rewards

  • Corporate Mobility

    As Subject Matter Experts in the area of domestic corporate mobility, we can assist in the development of an appropriate mobility policy for your organization that is cost effective and still allows you to attract the right position at the right time. We can coordinate the entire process utilizing our trained mobility partners across the United States.

Employee Relations

  • Policy Design and Management

    The key to a smoothly operating organization is the communication piece to your FTE's. DBAI can assist your organization by either writing clearly worded statements of you various processes from the beginning to the end. We can also assist you in updating those policy statements that may have been sitting on the shelf for a while and need to be dusted off. We also have the capability of adminstering those poilicies once they are designed and implemented.

Risk Management

  • Workplace Investigations

    As an independant, outside source with prior investigative experience, we can conduct your workplace investigations into complaints which either you do not have the time to handle or your counsel can't due to the restraints put on their services if they conduct the investigation.

  • Workplace Environmental Issues

    We can assistyour organization with the development of both procedures and processes statements for your organization. Further, we can assist with the development of the environment for a drug-free workplace and workplace violence prevention.



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Created: Sep 7 2009
Last Modified: Aug 16 2010