It’s not the first outsourced, online human resources services suite on offer, but Jerome Forde insists that his new virtual HR platform combines elements never offered before to bring an online HR office within the reach of most SMEs.

FordeCloud provides support for processes ranging from recruitment and training to grievance resolutions, alongside the technological delivery of traditional HR functions from time management to employee leave and absence, with the added benefit of standard compliance documents such as contracts, handbooks, and policies.

FordeCloud has a wide range of advanced features which the firm says are more powerful than those offered by most HR software companies, including a unique ‘tap in, tap out’ function that businesses can use to track when employees arrive and leave the office.

Forde said: “Historically, outsourced HR services were ‘transactional’ in nature, covering areas such as payroll or pensions and IT platforms were expensive, cumbersome and inflexible to the individual needs of each organisation. I knew that a fully functioning digital HR solution would require the professional advisory support as well as a better functioning platform.”

Forde (pictured) believes this integration of digital and professional services can provide startups and small businesses with the competitive advantages enjoyed by big business.

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“You can’t buy our technology anywhere else, and no one else provides startups and existing small businesses with an integrated end-to-end HR service of their own design," he said. "The business model of monthly per-employee fees provides the power of their own HR department, but at a much lower cost than existing offerings.”

Forde has priced his online service at €25 per employee per month for micr0 firms with under ten staff, or €22 per employee per month for SMEs with under 50 staff.