To manage the complexities of a global workforce, many companies turn to traditional outsourcing which, at its core, promises improved efficiency by handling administrative activities. While we recognize the need, we thought that there was a much better way to deliver on the services. Thus was born Sapien HR Augmentation™, or HRA. A whole new way of thinking about HR Outsourcing, Sapien Global HRA serves as an extra hand, handling everything from onboarding and background checking, to global benefits administration, provider screening and more. By “augmenting” rather than “outsourcing” activities entirely, Sapien HRA provides all the benefits of traditional outsourcing (and more) while enabling our clients to maintain control of key HR functions in addition to visibility and transparency to the data. This new service, available on a global basis and often for less than it would cost for the individual companies to handle the functions internally, was recently named a Finalist for Best New Product or Service of 2008 by the International Business Awards.