HR for start-ups

Start as you mean to go on

Building a start-up business can be challenging, requiring flexibility, adaptability and committed people. However, the rewards for building a successful business can far outweigh the often tricky journey it takes to get there.

If you are finding that your own time and expertise are being drawn away from your primary focus of growing your business, and that you would like support setting up sound working practices for your people, talk to us.

• At a very basic level, covering the minimum requirements such as contracts and policies will help you to avoid potentially hefty costs or fines later on.
• In terms of getting structure and processes in place early, this will help to save you precious time going forward – there’s no scrambling to find the answer, no confusion, the systems (technological or otherwise) are ready for action.
• Having an HR presence throughout your early hiring and onboarding processes, you ensure that you are getting the ‘right’ people on the bus – meaning that the hires you make will drive progress now, will be future-proofed as well as fit the culture of your organisation.

What HR support we offer start-ups

We offer a full range of HR services to start-ups ensuring that your organisation has solid foundations on which to build.

• Providing all template contracts and policies (HR Foundations)
• Advising on practices for inclusive hiring of talent
• Supporting the selection process including running assessment centres and/or interviewing to hire the ‘right’ people
• Forward planning the workforce that you will need to deliver on your targets
• Ensuring a consistent onboarding process for all new starters – setting them up to succeed!
• Guiding you to develop the right goals for your employees (linked to your business goals)
• Helping to set up and carry out the performance management process
• Delivering team building and management skills workshops
• Providing executive coaching to the founders/senior leadership team
• Providing advice in establishing core processes (such as payroll) and technology (HR systems) through a network of specialist partners we are happy to recommend or endorse

How we work with start-ups

People Business offers HR services either on a retained or an ad hoc basis and we will discuss with you the best option for your organisation. We recognise start-up businesses often need support with the basics of establishing HR Foundations and hiring new teams. We can offer a special package for these two areas as the immediate focus for an initial engagement.

We can flex our support with either a basic service that ensures your business is legally compliant or we can offer a fuller range of services which enable you to build the foundations for your people to succeed long into the future.