HR help for businesses without an HR person

People problems handled, so you can run the business.

You started a service business to do the work — not to become an accidental HR department. Curtis is the people expert in your corner: hiring, handbooks, compliance, and the conversations nobody trains you for.

No contracts to start. Just a real conversation about your team.

This week with Curtis
Handbook drafted
3 hires onboarded
Compliance reviewed
1 tough talk prepped
12+ yrs
Real HR experience
40+
Small businesses helped
1–25
Employees, his sweet spot
20 min
Free first call
What Curtis handles

The HR stuff you don't have time for

Pick what you need now. Everything is built around service businesses — trades, salons, cleaning crews, clinics, and the like.

Employee Handbooks
Clear, plain-English handbooks and policies that actually fit how your crew works — not 80 pages of legal filler.
Hiring & Onboarding
Job posts, interview guides, and a first-week plan so new hires are productive by day five.
Compliance Without Panic
Wage, hour, and record-keeping basics kept simple so you stop guessing and sleep better.
Tough Conversations
Coaching, write-ups, and exits handled with care and a paper trail — so a bad day doesn't become a lawsuit.
How it works

Three steps, no red tape

No 6-month retainers or enterprise software. Just practical help, in plain English.

01

Free 20-min call

We talk through what's eating your time and what's keeping you up at night.

02

A simple plan

You get a one-page plan of what to fix first — no jargon, no 40-tab spreadsheet.

03

Done with you

Curtis rolls up his sleeves and helps you implement, then trains you to keep it going.

Pricing

Simple, honest, no surprises

Pay for what you need. No setup fees, no per-employee headcount tax, no lock-in.

Quick Fix
For one specific problem you need solved this month.
$450one-time
  • One HR issue, handled end-to-end
  • Policy or letter drafted for you
  • 30-day follow-up to make sure it stuck
  • Email support during the engagement
Book a Quick Fix
Most popular
HR Partner
Ongoing people help for businesses with 1–15 employees.
$650/ month
  • Everything in Quick Fix, ongoing
  • Handbook + onboarding build-out
  • Monthly check-in & compliance review
  • On-call help for tough conversations
  • Phone & email support within 1 business day
Start HR Partner
Project
Hiring sprees, restructures, or cleaning up years of mess.
Customscoped
  • Scoped to your exact situation
  • Fixed price agreed up front
  • Implementation + team training
  • Documentation you actually own
Scope a Project
Owners like you

Small businesses, less people-stress

Real results from owners who used to lose evenings to HR headaches.

"Curtis wrote our first real handbook and walked me through firing a toxic employee without the drama. Worth every dollar."

Marcus T.
Owner, 6-person landscaping crew

"I was drowning in compliance guesswork. One call with Curtis and I had a one-page plan. Three months later, zero stress."

Dana R.
Founder, home cleaning service

"Felt like having an HR department without paying for one. He just gets small business."

Priya K.
Owner, salon with 9 staff
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Meet Curtis

Your HR person, without hiring one

I'm Curtis. I spent over a decade in HR before realizing the people who need help most — owners of small service businesses — can't afford a full-time HR hire and shouldn't have to.

So I do it differently: no corporate jargon, no bloated retainers. I learn how your crew actually works, then build the few things that matter — a handbook people read, a hiring process that works, and a steady hand when a conversation gets hard.

SHRM-aligned
Service-business focus
Plain English only
Free consult

Let's fix your people problems

Tell Curtis a little about your business and what's on your mind. You'll get a real reply within one business day — not a sales bot.

  • (555) 014-2278
  • Best for businesses with 1–25 employees

No spam, ever. Your details stay between you and Curtis.