As your up-and-coming brand rifles through fancy technology designed to assist sales, marketing, and development teams, it's easy to forget about human resources.

You know: the patient, multitasking masters juggling endless information and keeping the whole thing from crashing down.

Whether the HR department is working through potential hires, drafting and filing legal documents, scheduling office events, or mediating high-level communications for executives, their work is never done and never anything less than crucial.

Without them, the other employees wouldn't even have jobs, let alone be properly trained and in-the-know about company happenings. With that being said, the HR team can greatly benefit from new software just like the rest of the crowd - if not more so!

Global vendors are answering the call with tools to handle any and all common HR tasks. Many of these products also happen to be open source and free of charge, at least for a trial or limited version. These tools are an ideal way to improve your HR abilities and make the lives of your team a smidge easier, without breaking the bank or sidelining your other company purchases.