Executive HR leadership · Encinitas, California
HR Prime is an executive HR consulting firm led by RJ Swartwood, a Fractional CHRO with about 30 years of HR leadership. We help founders and CEOs build the people strategy, culture and HR systems a growing business needs, without the cost of a full-time CHRO.
Unless you are a sole proprietor, or you utilize robots exclusively to accomplish your business, everything you want to do is predicated on having the right people working with you in the right way.
We can help.
Together we can help your company grow, prosper and thrive.
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What we do
Engage us for a defined project, as an interim HR leader, or as your ongoing Fractional CHRO.
As your HR consultant, we bring practical HR leadership to companies that have outgrown doing it themselves: hiring and recruiting, HR compliance, compensation, onboarding, policies and handbooks, and choosing and installing the right HRIS.
As your culture consultant, we help you turn the culture you want into the culture you have: define it, hire for it, onboard into it, and measure engagement so your best people stay and do their best work.
As a business consultant and Fractional CHRO, we connect your people plan to your business plan: organizational design, workforce planning, leadership development, people metrics and readiness for growth, expansion and transitions.
The ASCENDR methodology
Build the best employment brand you can. Keep it consistent and visible
Select the top talent by using Behavioral Based interviewing and active reference checking
Culturize every new hire so that they live, eat, and sleep your business – your culture gets into their DNA
Engage the entire workforce with advancement opportunities, learning/development and recognition
Inspire them with sincere leadership and honest, open communication
Develop your people professionally and personally ALL THE TIME
Once you have top-performing talent, KEEP THEM!
Who we work with
HR Prime serves growing small and mid-sized companies in San Diego County, across Southern California and beyond. Our clients need executive HR leadership now, before they are ready to hire a full-time CHRO.
Questions
An HR consultant gives your company senior HR expertise when you need it. At HR Prime that means building and fixing the people side of your business: hiring, compliance, compensation, onboarding, HR systems, performance and retention, so leaders can focus on running the company.
A Fractional CHRO is an experienced Chief Human Resources Officer who works with your company part time. You get executive-level people strategy and leadership for a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire. RJ Swartwood has served companies as a Fractional CHRO through HR Prime since 2016 and has advised more than 20 companies.
Culture consulting helps you shape how people work together in your company. We define the culture you want, build it into hiring and onboarding, and measure engagement so it shows up in retention and results. Our ASCENDR methodology (Attract, Select, Culture-ize, Engage, iNspire, Develop, Retain) is the framework we use.
Yes. Everything a business wants to do depends on having the right people working the right way. We act as your business consultant on the people side: organizational design, workforce planning, leadership development and people metrics that tie your team to your growth plan.
We work with founders, CEOs and owners of growing small and mid-sized companies that need strategic HR leadership before they are ready for a full-time CHRO, including companies preparing for expansion, investment or a transition.
Our experience covers life sciences and biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare, manufacturing, packaging, engineering, SaaS and technology, consumer goods and retail, e-commerce, financial services and insurance, transportation and aviation.
HR Prime is based in Encinitas, California, in North County San Diego. We work with companies across San Diego County, Southern California and beyond.
Call 760.533.3596 or email rods@hrprimellc.com to start a conversation. You can also try RJ Clone, our AI People and Leadership Advisor, for a quick first take on your HR question.
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