Tech Tip: Use What You Have (Why You Don’t Need Another Software System for HR)

podcast Aug 20, 2025
People Powered Business
Tech Tip: Use What You Have (Why You Don’t Need Another Software System for HR)
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Hello and welcome to Episode 285 of the People Powered Business Podcast.

Today we’re bringing you a tech tip episode – but I’m not recommending a system – in fact the opposite. I’m sharing how you can use what you’ve already got to solve your HR admin headaches and why you don’t need a HR system or expensive software subscription to do that for you.

To start with I encourage you to do an audit of what you already have, what those systems can do for you, and then really looking at where you do have gaps, and what specifically you need to solve them.

We then look at using your existing workspaces, whether it’s MS Office, Google Suite or something else and leverage and that more effectively. Are you using the integrated AI in those programs to shortcut things and create tools such as spreadsheets to support you?

And of course we touch on AI and I share how I’m using Chat GPT and Chrome Extensions to help with HR tasks in my business and to support members of our People Powered HR Community.

The truth is – a HR system is often unnecessary, they are hard to set up effectively and time consuming to manage. You can often achieve everything you need using the systems that you have.

An Invitation:

If you’d like to connect with other businesses who are also juggling the challenges of teams, I’d love you to join us inside our free Facebook Group, The People Powered Community, so I can learn more about what’s working for you and any challenges you might be having.

Join Here.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/hrsupportaustralia

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