Human Resources Consulting

Human resource consulting is an $18.4 billion industry (as of 2006) that has emerged from management consulting and addresses human resource management tasks and decisions. The following are core fields around which most HR consultancies are based:

• Human Capital, including remuneration (also called total rewards), employee rewards and incentive programs, and talent acquisition and management
• Health & Benefits; i.e., orchestrating optimal employee health plans with the carriers themselves
• Mergers & Acquisitions, examining fit across culture, job-type, transaction costs, etc.
• Communication, including surveying employee attitudes, satisfaction, engagement, and other employee behaviors
• Retirement
• Recruitment process outsourcing