What are the must have modern softwares for HRs

Human Resources have a particularity: they have so many responsibilities! Recruiting, Onboarding, Payroll, Compliance, Benefits, Performance management, Internal communication, office management, offsite organisation....you name it!

In this article we will review the must have softwares for HRs. They are either necessary for the function to work or super useful to help HR in their everyday work. Let's dive in now.

ATS - Recruiting CRM softwares

HireSweet

HireSweet is the go-to ATS for modern teams. It actually combines an ATS and a CRM to boost your recruiting capabilities.

It can integrate with your existing ATS and is shaped for teams that lack inbound and need to move to proactive recruiting.

Linkedin, Email sequences, HireSweet can do it all and excels at nurturing past applicants as well as engaging with cold contacts.

Contact them to start your free trial and have more info about their offering.

HRIS

HiBob

HiBob is an HRIS platform that provides Core HR features as well as performance management, and compensation management.

It excels in the core HR features and provides a modern UI which is notable for an HRIS.

The HR platform that powers productivity, engagement, and retention.

BambooHR

BambooHR is an HRIS that has many features included. It's easy to use and efficient though it doesn't have the best looking user interface.

One differentiator that Bamboo has is that they have many integrations with other softwares making it easier to sync softwares and keep the data up to date and accurate. Nowadays it's actually kind of mandatory.

Note that there are many HRIS or People Management softwares verticalized on specific industries like People Management Software for Schools, HRIS for hospitals, non-profits, restaurants etc. The ones I listed here are generalists.

Internal Communication

Slack

Who doesn't know Slack, raise your hand?

Slack is really the must-have communication software. It only got better with time because they now include Canvas, better file management, more third party app integrations, huddles (to call colleagues) and AI features.

If you're not using Slack yet, this is your sign.

Employee Engagement

BuddiesHR

BuddiesHR has Employee engagement apps for Slack. It helps connecting people with a random coffee chat app, automates birthdays and work anniversaries, gamifies Kudos and recognition, it can send surveys to measure engagement / eNPS. There are also apps to easily create org charts, perform standups and so on.

It's great for building a great culture as remote or hybrid companies. It's also very cheap so it's an amazing low effort high impact kind of tool.

Online assessment platform

Assess

Assess is a versatile platform for online assessment, helping organizations design and deliver customized assessments that align with specific job roles and skills.

With a focus on accuracy and scalability, this tool supports everything from pre-employment testing to internal evaluations, making it a powerful asset for data-driven HR teams aiming to optimize talent selection and development.

Payroll

Every.io

Every is the kind of software that does it all. But because I had to put it in 1 category, here it is. Just so you know it can also incorporate and setup banking, benefits, accounting, and taxes.

It can really be life changing for founders if all these administrative aspects are handled because it's so painful to manage when all you want to do is built the company, improve the product, talk to customers and hire great people.

Rippling

Rippling is one of those HR softwares that not only has amazing features and efficiency for HRs but also provides an amazing experience to employees.

Increase savings, automate busy work, and make better decisions by managing payroll, HR, IT & spend in one place.

They're doing everything you'd need as an HR except maybe the employee engagement and culture part.z

Gusto

Gusto is an online payroll and HR solution. It has been made to simplify payroll and now propose a complete solution around everything about HR: Benefits, Hiring, Onboarding, Time and Attendance, Talent Management...

Gusto is one of the most reliable solution for running Payroll at scale.

Deel

Deel is the all-in-one HR platform for global teams. You can basically hire anyone anywhere without worrying about payroll, legal or anything else than paying his salary via Deel.

When you use Deel for the first time, you think you teleported in the future.

Deel is one of those software tools that's so well-designed and helpful, you'll fall in love with it right away.

One of the differentiator is their capability to help in any situation. They have experts in most countries to help you with any questions you may have.

Performance management

Lattice

Lattice is well known in the HR space for their Performance Management. Lattice now proposes a HRIS (released it in 2024) and planned to release a payroll system as well.

Their performance management feature is based on OKRs and Goals.

Lattice is an example of a performance management system that offers goal setting, real-time feedback, performance reviews, and employee development tools to empower companies to foster a high-performance culture.

CultureAmp

CultureAmp offers Performance Management with several features: Goal Tracking, 1-on-1s, Reviews and Calibrations, Continuous Feedback, Shoutouts, Effectiveness and 360 feedback.

Make performance reviews fair and effortless.

Performance Management is hard to handle in a software because each company has its way of defining goals and measuring performance. CultureAmp is user friendly and can match the way you handle performance in your company.

If you think we forgot a modern software in this list, please reach out to us.

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