HR That

makes sense

Stop Googling “Is this legal in California?” at 2 AM. Let me handle the boring stuff so you don’t have to.

HR Solutions for Small Businesses

Three ways to get your HR house in order - from basic compliance to full transformation.

Essentials 🌒
get the basics right

Complete 🌓
comprehensive HR setup

Premium 🌕
white-glove transformation

WHAT SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE SAYING

"Shiries is incredibly professional, but brings a liveliness to HR that I've never experienced in a corporate environment. She has helped me and my team with our DEI messaging in a seamless way that feels so congruent with our mission and values that it feels like a living, breathing extension of who we are as a team."

Casey Killian, Founder - Write Here, Write Now

Kathy Schuh Photography

Nice to meet you. I’m Shiries.

I’m not your typical HR consultant. While most of my colleages are optimizing human capital synergies (yes, that’s a real thing people say), I’m helping small businesses in California build HR systems that truly work for them.

There’s a huge gap between what small businesses need and what HR consultants actually provide.

I fill it.

FAQs

  • Everything I do is customized for your specific business and industry. You work directly with me, not a rotating cast of account managers. When you need help, you get someone who already knows your company, your challenges, and your goals. It's the difference between working with a partner and working with a vendor.

  • I love that for you! Whether you’re a cannabis company or a stretch lab, “different” doesn’t mean you can’t have bulletproof HR. It just means you need someone who gets it. And I do.

  • I'm not an attorney and can't give legal advice, but I specialize in keeping you compliant with California employment law. My job is prevention - building systems that follow the rules in the first place. If you have questions, let’s chat! I will always be clear about where my expertise ends.

  • You really do. Trying to provide ongoing HR support without proper foundations is like trying to maintain a house built on quicksand. I’m not here to only put out fires with you, I’m here to help you prevent them from occurring in the first place.

  • Starting a small business in California is like learning chess and then immediately playing a grandmaster. Checkmates. Literally. Everywhere. I was born here, educated here, and got my master's degree here because I wanted to do California HR right. All my experience is within this state's unique regulatory maze. I don’t just tell you what you “can” and “can’t” do - I help you spot the checkmates before they happen and show you the safer moves.

How It Works

Three steps: Assessment, Foundation, Partnership. We start with an honest conversation about your current HR situation, build (or rebuild) custom systems that support your business, then provide ongoing support so you can stop pretending you know what FLSA stands for.