Human resource surveys are known to be an effective tool for the successful management of the operations of the company. These surveys are done to gather information on what is really going through the mind of the employees. The staff people throughout the organisation are surveyed in which few are also surveyed for some special topics. Out of a wide range of surveys, the most familiar type is employee satisfaction survey. The survey can also be used for other purposes as well. Sometimes companies conduct these surveys for the collection of data from the employers outside the company. They are asked for the common trends in the human resource activities. An example of such type of survey is rumenration surveys.  Multi-employer surveys are done to benchmark the common practises of the organisation against those of others. For the success of human resource surveys, the most crucial factor is the participation rate of the employees. Other factors include trust and positive response by the staff people. To enhance the participation rate of the employees, it is essential to convince them that conducting these surveys is necessary and is for their benefit. It is must to tell the real objective behind conducting these surveys. It is must to maintain the anonymity of the responses so that they can feel frank to give open response. Your job does not end only after completing the survey.  Once the responses have been collected, ensure to communicate the results to the respondents. Give them recommendations for the future that will improve the performance of the employees and thus benefit the company. They should be given clear idea as to what are the new changes required to be implemented and also the expectations of the company. They should know in what time limit they have to fulfil their new target. With the advancement of the technology, many tools have come up that can be used to make this survey more effective and reliable. So, human resource surveys are an essential tool to provide more satisfaction to the employees in an organization.