The Smart People HR
People first. Business smart.
When people are treated right, business runs smooth. I help small business owners get their HR organized, compliant, and handled, without the spendy full-time hire.
Start with an HR Foundations Check See the trackers
Consulting packages
Built for owners who have no HR department, or whose HR is scattered across spreadsheets, email, and memory. Every package is a custom quote, based on your team and what you need.
HR Foundations Check
A check of the HR basics for a small business: policies, hiring, onboarding, leave, and terminations. You get a clear list of what is solid, what needs fixing, and what to do first.
Solo HR Department, monthly
Ongoing support as the HR department for a small business that does not have one in house. Day to day HR questions, employee relations, leave, onboarding, and compliance support.
Hard Calls: leave, discipline, and terminations
Help with the hard conversations and decisions, handled fairly and documented clearly. Pairs with the $49 Termination Toolkit below.
Change management events
Big changes make people nervous, and nervous people leave. I host change management events that help your team understand what is happening, hear it from leadership, and get their questions answered, so you can keep the people you want to keep.
Implementing AI
Rolling out new AI tools at work raises real questions about jobs, training, and trust. I help you plan and host the events that explain what is changing, what is not, and how people will be supported.
Getting acquired
An acquisition is one of the most uncertain times for employees. I help you plan and host the events that keep communication clear and consistent, and support employee retention through the transition.
Other big changes
New systems, new leadership, new policies, or a reorganization. If a change is coming and your people need to hear about it the right way, I can help you plan and host it.
HR trackers
Simple Excel trackers that replace the sticky notes and scattered spreadsheets. Each one is a paid product sold on Gumroad. All names and figures in the files are fictional examples for Summit Climate Services. You replace them with your own data.
Leave Tracker
Track leave cases, FMLA eligibility, intermittent leave, payroll review, and protected time off, all in one clean sheet. Built for the only HR person in the building.
Buy on GumroadQuarterly Overhead Report
See total overhead and overhead as a percentage of payroll, quarter by quarter, so you can show leadership what labor really costs.
Buy on GumroadOnboarding Roster
Track every new hire from paperwork to systems access to training, so nothing falls through the cracks on day one.
Buy on GumroadMerit Increase Tracker
Track merit increases by employee and department, with proposed increase, approval, and effective date.
Buy on GumroadReferral Tracker
Log employee referrals, track each candidate from submission to hire, and track whether the bonus was paid.
Buy on GumroadBonus Tracker
Log bonuses by employee, type, reason, and pay period, so bonus decisions are documented and easy to find.
Buy on Gumroad360 Review Tracker
Collect 360 feedback from a manager, peers, and direct reports, with ratings for communication, teamwork, and leadership, plus one strength and one area to grow for each reviewer.
Buy on GumroadAll 7 trackers bundle
Leave, Quarterly Overhead, Onboarding, Merit Increase, Referral, Bonus, and 360 Review. One time purchase, save $94 compared with buying them one by one.
Smart People HR subscription
All 7 trackers, plus new trackers and updated versions as they are released, and email updates with HR tips and what changed.
Termination Toolkit
Seven fill-in templates to help you handle a termination fairly and document it clearly.
Quarterly overhead calculator
A free tool to use right here on the page. Enter your own figures to see what your labor really costs. The numbers below are examples only, so replace them with yours. Nothing you type is saved or sent anywhere.
Overhead here means payroll taxes, benefits, insurance, and other overhead you enter. Total labor cost is gross payroll plus that overhead. For planning only, not financial advice.
State by state packages
Hiring, leave, and termination requirements differ from state to state. I offer a separate package or checklist for each, built for the state your employees work in. Tell me your state and I will confirm what applies and what is included.
Hiring by state
A hiring checklist for your state: what to collect, what to post, and what to have in place before day one.
Leave by state
A leave checklist for your state, so you know which rules to check before you approve, deny, or track a leave.
Terminations by state
A termination checklist for your state, so the final steps are handled and documented the right way.
This is general HR support and not legal advice. Please confirm your state with Jessica before relying on any checklist.
Confirm my stateAbout Jessica
Jessica Chapman is a solo HR owner and first HR hire with more than 10 years of HR experience. She was the solo HR Generalist for a 77 employee location, with platform wide support for up to 350 employees.
She implemented Paylocity, then Inova and UKG, and led a Rippling implementation in a 12 state system rollout. She owns benefits, leave and FMLA, employee relations, onboarding, payroll support, and HR operations.
She treats people like people, and she helps small business owners run the business smart, not spendy.
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Let us get your HR handled
Tell me what is going on and what you need. I will tell you honestly how I can help.
info@thesmartpeoplehr.comLinkedIn | Mableton, Georgia