ESSENTIAL HR, Inc. is a reliable advisor for businesses dealing with human resources, labor law compliance, and employee engagement. The company supports businesses in protecting their most valuable resource, their employees, while allowing leaders to focus on their primary business goals. It offers a number of services, like fractional HR consulting, HR administration, HR memberships, executive coaching, leadership development, and benefits consulting. The solutions are flexible and perfectly suitable to the meet the needs of businesses of all sizes, supporting the development of HR programs. That improves employee engagement, productivity, and business growth. The team takes pleasure in developing great customer partnerships and providing services with honesty.

Services Offered by ESSENTIAL HR

Consulting

ESSENTIAL HR provides simple, flexible HR support in order to help businesses handle their workforce. The service offers an HR professional to work at the customer's location for a specific number of days, handling important HR duties like hiring, onboarding, employee relations, and workforce planning. Customers have access to a team of experienced personnel, helping them with benefits, legal needs, and staffing issues. The business provides on-site HR outsourcing to businesses in need of in-person HR support but do not want to hire a full-time crew. The HR consultant works on-site, managing everyday HR activities, solving issues, and maintaining policies and communication on track.

ESSENTIAL HR now offers remote fractional consulting to businesses in need of flexible, off-site support. Starting at ten hours per month, this service offers support with rules, workplace standards, and keeping an engaged and productive workforce. Along with that, it also offers interim HR managers and executives in order to help through HR operations during the time of transformation. Where they handle everyday operations smoothly, improve employee relations, and provide strength while the business waits for a permanent HR hire.

Onboarding & Orientation

ESSENTIAL HR offers smooth and efficient onboarding, training, and recruiting services in order to help businesses integrate new workers into the workplace. It develops clear and simple onboarding systems that provide new hires with the information they need from the start. This includes onboarding materials, job descriptions, schedules, legal notices, and detailed first day plans. Reducing confusion and ensures that both managers and new employees understand what to expect.

Also develops easy training courses that help new hires to know more about the company’s culture, policies, and expectations. With manager talking points, orientation outlines, and short scripts, they make the process clear. In addition, they create 30-90 day plans to guide employees through the first few weeks, making them feel encouraged and skilled in their new responsibilities.

When it comes to recruitment, ESSENTIAL HR supports businesses in developing an organized hiring process. They create job listings, handle screening processes, and establish rules for interviews to keep everyone on track. They also provide methods for leading dependable candidate evaluations. The goal is to make hiring easier, attract the best personnel, and provide each prospect with a positive, professional experience.

Offboarding & Performance

ESSENTIAL HR offers simple, efficient support for a wide range of important employee relations issues. Their termination and departure interview services allow businesses to learn from departing employees. Trained consultants provide clear questions, collect useful feedback, and give businesses with simple summaries. If an employer needs to perform a workforce reduction, ESSENTIAL HR will lead them through the process from beginning to end. They contribute to the development of a fair, legal plan, as well as interaction and execution to prevent errors or discrimination.

ESSENTIAL HR also creates excellent disciplinary and performance improvement tools, like response plans, counseling steps, and performance improvement plans. They teach managers how to communicate with staff and complete proper forms. ESSENTIAL HR creates personalized performance management packages that include simple review forms, manager training, and systems for tracking evaluation deadlines. Consultants can also attend assessment meetings to provide assistance.

Employee Handbooks

ESSENTIAL HR helps businesses create customized employee handbooks that fit their needs. Their HR consultants look at the company’s current policies, both written and unwritten, and talk with the client about which rules to include. They prepare a first draft and give it to the client to review, allowing up to 45 days for changes. After incorporating any edits, the final electronic handbook is delivered. Checked yearly by a top labor law firm, the handbook stays up to date with current laws and gives clear, simple guidance for employees and managers to follow.

Wendi E. Kroll | Founder and CEO

Wendi E. Kroll is the Founder and CEO of ESSENTIAL HR, is an executive coach with over 25 years of experience in HR. Kroll focuses on supporting leaders to develop skills by building trust, increasing communication, and strengthening teams. By combining empathy, responsibility, and practical skills she supports leaders to do their best. She’s an expert in providing HR consulting, executive coaching, workshops, and team development to help businesses succeed.

"ESSENTIAL HR Services creates custom plans to fit each organization’s needs, whether it’s full HR outsourcing or specific projects. Their comprehensive services help businesses manage risk and maintain compliance at every level, with programs that are scalable, affordable, and tailored to each industry."