Start a Fractional HR Consulting Business

Every business with 10 to 100 employees has HR problems, and almost none of them have an HR person.

1. 1

   Pick your HR lane

   Compliance and handbooks, hiring systems, or day-to-day people ops for firms with 10 to 100 employees. The lane decides your pitch and your first offer.

2. 2

   Package a flagship audit

   A fixed-price compliance and handbook audit, for example $1,500 to $3,000, is easy to say yes to and surfaces months of follow-on work.

3. 3

   Set up lean and legal

   LLC, professional liability insurance, and a consulting agreement template. All of it fits under $1,000, so skip the office and the branding project.

4. 4

   Pitch five businesses you know

   Former employers, vendors, and owners in your network. Lead with a specific risk they already worry about, like misclassified contractors or a missing handbook.

5. 5

   Deliver findings that sell the fix

   Hand over a prioritized report where every red item is something you can remediate. The audit is the marketing; the fixes are the revenue.

6. 6

   Convert to monthly retainers

   Offer fractional HR at $1,000 to $3,000 a month covering hiring support, policy updates, and employee issues. Five retainers replaces most HR salaries.

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