Services
Everything an HR department does, without hiring one.
Most clients start with one of these and add others over time. Everything can be done as part of a monthly retainer or as a fixed-price project.
Day-to-day HR advice
A named HR partner you can call when something comes up. Most questions are answered the same day, in plain English.
Typical work
- “Can we actually do this?” questions
- Checking letters and emails before they go out
- Preparing you for a difficult conversation
- Sickness, absence and leave queries
A good fit if: You have people issues every week and nobody whose job it is to deal with them.
Onboarding, offboarding and job descriptions
Clear job descriptions, a first week that doesn't start with “where's my laptop?”, and exits handled with care. Always in your company's name: we're not a recruitment agency.
Typical work
- Job descriptions and role profiles
- First-week and first-90-day onboarding plans
- Probation reviews
- Offboarding checklists, exit interviews and handovers
A good fit if: People join and leave regularly, and every time it's done a little differently.
Contracts, policies and handbooks
Employment documents that are current with the law and written so people actually read them. Short where possible, precise where it matters.
Typical work
- Employment contracts and contractor agreements
- An employee handbook written for humans
- Policy updates when legislation changes
- Personnel file and records audits
A good fit if: Your contracts came from a template someone found online in 2019.
Employee relations
Performance problems, grievances, disciplinaries and restructures. Handled fairly, documented properly, with everyone's dignity intact.
Typical work
- Performance improvement plans
- Grievance and disciplinary processes
- Independent workplace investigations
- Restructures, redundancies and exits
A good fit if: Something has gone wrong with someone, and you want to handle it correctly.
Pay, reviews and growth
Salary bands, review cycles and appraisal formats sized for your company, not borrowed from a corporation with ten thousand staff.
Typical work
- Salary bands and job levels
- Annual pay review process
- Appraisals and one-to-one templates
- Benefits benchmarking
A good fit if: People are asking how pay works here, and the honest answer is “it depends who you ask”.
Questions
Before you ask.
What size of organisation do you work with?
Anything from a small team that has just made its first hires to an established organisation that needs extra hands for a project. What matters is that you need experienced HR help without building a whole department.
Will we be tied into a long contract?
No. Retainers run on a short notice period, and projects have a fixed scope and an end date.
Do you run payroll?
We don't run payroll ourselves. We work alongside your payroll provider or accountant so that what HR decides actually reaches the payslip.
Where are you based?
In Nicosia, Cyprus. We meet clients in person in Nicosia and work remotely with organisations anywhere in the world, over video, phone and email.
Can you recruit staff for us?
No. Recruiting and placing candidates is licensed activity in Cyprus, and it isn't what we do. We write your job descriptions and prepare onboarding, and your company runs its own hiring, in its own name.
Is the first call really free?
Yes. Thirty minutes, no obligation. If we aren't the right fit, we'll say so and, where we can, point you to someone who is.
Tell us what’s going on.
Most conversations start with one awkward question. That’s fine. Send it over and you’ll hear back within one working day.