Integrated HR Software for the International Business

This is a WORK IN PROGRESS. Our target is to build a complete personnel administration and payroll system for businesses that hire internationally. And then to add a range of Employee Development tools.

We're building ACCELERATE HR for a reason. In the area where we operate - the Arab Gulf - the workforce is multi-national, and most current HR software fails to deal with the special issues we face - international recruitment, passport and visa control, multi-currency payrolls and so forth.

But even more important, we have a mission. The Gulf urgently needs to create millions of new jobs for its own nationals in the next 10 years. To have any hope of achieving the target, we need to transform and strengthen our businesses. ACCELERATE aims to to help HR professionals lead the transformation.

Last updated: Oct 20th, 2008. Employee transfer between locations added.

Why we needed to Accelerate HR

"We're building the Formula 1 racetrack in Abu Dhabi," our client told us. "We've got 18 months to complete the project, and thousands of people we'll need to hire, from all over the world. We need a personnel system that'll do everything, from hiring to payroll. Not just your normal HR system, but a set of tools that deals with OUR issues." Their issues meant coping with 500 new employees a month, entering 10s of thousands of overtime records, paying sub-contractors as well as contracted staff, reporting on exactly how many hours were used on each phase of the project. What a great test of HR's efficiency and effectiveness! And what a great challenge for our HR software!

Does your business need Accelerate HR?


If you operate in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman or Bahrain, then the chances are high that ACCELERATE HR matches your requirements.

Elsewhere, if your workforce is fluid and you regularly hire from outside your immediate area, ACCELERATE may be right for you too. Maybe not all the modules, but check out these module descriptions, and you'll quickly see whether we can help.

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