HR & People Operations
Beyond the
Sales Floor.
Human support for the people and operations behind your business.
Our U.S.-based team supports hiring, candidate communication, onboarding, employee and contractor questions, and HR administration.
HR & employee support
Support where your people need it.
Hiring & candidate communication
Job postings, including Indeed, and candidate communication.
Onboarding & HR administration
Support with onboarding and ongoing HR administration.
Employee & contractor support
Questions, issues and call-outs through agreed support channels.
Payroll administration support
Gusto setup support, weekly payroll entry and checking, and payroll questions.
Expense & deduction support
Administrative support for expenses and deductions.
Travel coordination
Employee and contractor travel coordination alongside your work-travel needs.
A clear scope of support
Built around your workflow.
Services, support channels, systems access and responsibilities are agreed for your business. Employee and contractor support stays within HR & People Operations.
D Foster Consulting provides HR and administrative support. Your legal, tax, accounting and payroll providers retain their respective responsibilities.
HR & People Operations packages
Choose the support that fits your business.
Start with focused HR administration, add management involvement as your workforce grows, or build a wider executive HR partnership. Monthly HR packages start at 40 hours.
HR Support Essentials
$3,500/month
40 generalist/admin hours per month
A focused monthly HR partnership for smaller businesses, with 40 hours dedicated to agreed recruiting coordination, onboarding, employee records and HR administration priorities.
- Targeted recruiting or onboarding coordination
- Employee records and approved HR paperwork
- A defined monthly HR administration priority list
Explore this package
- Choose the highest-priority administration tasks for the monthly allocation.
- Support applicant communication, interview coordination or onboarding documentation as scoped.
- Handle agreed employee or contractor questions through the process you establish.
- Executive strategy, high-volume recruiting and broader workforce administration can be added through a different package.
HR Leadership Essentials
$7,500/month
80 hours/month · 20 executive + 60 generalist/admin
For growing organizations that need both experienced HR direction and people available to carry out the day-to-day work.
- Executive guidance paired with administrative execution
- Recruiting, hiring coordination and onboarding support
- Payroll-administration preparation and workforce follow-through
Explore this package
- Use 20 executive hours for agreed HR strategy and process guidance.
- Use 60 generalist/admin hours for recruiting coordination, paperwork and employee support.
- Support payroll inputs or expense administration within the agreed workflow; client approvals remain with your business.
- A practical step up when a small task-based allocation is no longer enough.
Executive HR Partnership
$16,500/month
200 hours/month · 60 executive + 140 generalist/admin
A wider executive and operational partnership for organizations with substantial workforce support needs.
- 60 executive hours for workforce planning and HR leadership
- 140 generalist/admin hours for ongoing coordination
- Greater capacity for recruiting, onboarding and process improvement
Explore this package
- Increase executive involvement in agreed workforce priorities and practical HR processes.
- Support a larger administrative workload across employees or contractors.
- Coordinate recruiting, onboarding, payroll administration and expense support within the contracted scope.
- DFC supports your HR function; legal, tax and accounting services are not part of this package.
Build your own package. Need different hours, higher volume or support across more than one service? Other pricing options and custom combinations are available. Ask about volume discounts.
Tell us what your business needs →Explore other package options
HR Leadership Plus$13,500/month160 hours · 40 Executive + 120 Generalist/AdminSee what’s included +
- Recruiting, screening and interview coordination
- Onboarding and HR paperwork
- Employee and contractor support
- Payroll and expense administration support
- HR process guidance and workforce coordination
Enterprise HRCustom quote201+ hours · Executive $100/hour · Generalist/Admin $65/hourSee what’s included +
- Recruiting, screening and interview coordination
- Onboarding and HR paperwork
- Employee and contractor support
- Payroll and expense administration support
- HR process guidance and workforce coordination
HR & People Operations package FAQs
Which HR option works for a smaller business?
HR Support Essentials provides a focused 20-hour administrative starting point. We agree the work it can realistically cover. If you need executive direction as well as execution, the leadership packages combine both.
What is the difference between executive and generalist/admin hours?
Executive hours cover agreed leadership, planning and process guidance. Generalist/admin hours cover the hands-on coordination, documentation and workforce support needed to carry out the process.
Can DFC help with recruiting and payroll administration?
Yes. Recruiting, hiring coordination, onboarding and payroll-administration support can be scoped around your business. The division of responsibilities, approvals and systems access is agreed before work starts.
Is this payroll processing or accounting?
DFC provides administrative support around the agreed HR and payroll workflow. It is not being offered as a payroll provider, accounting firm or tax service.
Can we build an HR and travel or answering package?
Yes. A custom partnership can combine the services your operation needs with a clear allocation of work, hours and responsibilities.
Plan your next step
HR & People Operations built around your business.
U.S.-based recruiting coordination, hiring, onboarding, workforce administration and payroll-preparation support.
Start with a focused need or build an ongoing partnership across departments. We agree the people, priorities and scope around your business.
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