Growing Organizations Need HR Experts
We help Canadian startups and small businesses leverage Modern HR strategies to build dream teams and achieve growth goals.
Action
Plan
We align with your growth goals.
Proven
Processes
We only use battle-tested strategies.
True
Partners
We act in your best interest.
Exceptional
Quality
We make brilliant things.
Shared
Joy
We love to see you succeed.
We’ve Reimagined Outsourced, Fractional HR
We put a seasoned expert—one of our brilliant Senior HR experts—in your corner for as long as you need them. They’ve been in your shoes before, and know that you probably need help with:
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Hiring and retaining top talent.
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Compliance with new laws and regulations.
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Spending less time on HR decisions.
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Maintaining a winning culture as you scale.
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Delegating to Elevating.
Why Fractional HR?
Reactive, cold, call centre-style HR companies are out. At Castle HR, our HR experts work proactively to understand your goals and create and implement the best custom, modern HR strategies and solutions!
We aim to Maximize
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Profits
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Retention
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Productivity
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Founder Happiness
We aim to Minimize
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Hidden Costs
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Turnover
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Growth Plateaus
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Stress
Our People, Your People
The talent behind our success
Our team is carefully selected for their experience, culture alignment and passion for helping companies like yours achieve their goals.
Tom Nickalls
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
He/Him
Tom, is a two-time founder and has been leading sales teams for over a decade. At one point in his career, he was terminated in an unprofessional manner. Since then, his mission has been to help forward-thinking small and medium businesses create custom HR strategies for today’s workforce.
Robyn Leduc,
CHRL
Head of Human Resources
She/Her
Robyn is a strong advocate of modern HR and has been a Human Resources Professional for over 10 years, working in a broad array of sectors from construction to technology. She prides herself on her ability to align the needs of humans with the needs of businesses to create strong partnerships.
Anna Boshoer,
CHRL
Senior HR Business Partner
She/Her
Anna is an HR professional with over 10 years of experience in management, consultant and recruitment roles. Prior to HR, she worked in adult education and retains her passion for learning through coaching, mentorship and personal development initiatives.
Mike Daser,
PHRi
Senior HR Business Partner
He/Him
Mike is a senior HR professional with over 10 years of experience who has gained a wealth of knowledge and expertise in various HR functions, including talent acquisition and HR policy development. A true generalist, he is passionate about creating an environment where every employee can thrive.
Dana Dobiasova, CPHR, RPR
Senior HR Business Partner
She/Her/Elle
Dana is an HR professional with over 10 years of experience in both private and public sectors and a variety of industries, for both provincially and federally regulated companies. She is a huge advocate of coaching people up rather than out.
Frequently Asked Questions
Fractional HR empowers you to concentrate on business growth by placing HR responsibilities in expert hands, ensuring a solid support team is built for your venture without the overhead of an internal hire. We’re proactive here at Castle HR – meaning we focus on building modern processes and a phenomenal team to support you… rather than solely reacting to specific HR challenges.
CEOs and non-HR employees can only tackle HR tasks for so long! Once you’ve scaled (and encountered a few HR messes along the way), backtracking can be tough. Further, implementing modern HR strategies can elevate your business to its peak potential!
Outsourced HR support is pivotal for aligning your team’s talents with your business goals, ensuring everyone is in the right seat to fuel company growth. We blend modern strategies with your vision to build a powerhouse team.
Castle HR is more than just your run-of-the-mill outsourced HR firm – we provide a comprehensive, fractional HR subscription service, partnering you with a senior HR professional tailored to your business needs. We work with you until you’re ready to make your first internal HR hire; then, we pass the baton.
We take a holistic, expert approach to your HR landscape and growth goals. We tackle Foundational HR (this includes things like custom employee handbooks and values creation) as well as advanced strategies in talent acquisition, modern performance reviews, leadership training, and dynamic onboarding/offboarding and more. We align our tools with your business trajectory, ensuring effective HR support from a senior-level HR Professional at a fraction of the cost.
Castle HR is not an a la carte HR service. While we aren’t a forever solution, we work with most clients for months (typically 12-18) to create and implement custom, modern HR solutions for their business. With that said, we don’t do one-off HR emergencies.
We are neither recruiters nor do administrative work (such as payroll and benefits).
We recommend investing in HR consulting once you've achieved product-market fit and your business shifts focus from validation to growth, typically between 15 to 75 employees. This is the optimal window to enhance team development and operational efficiency, setting a solid foundation before possibly transitioning to in-house HR at larger scales.
Note that if your headcount isn’t within the stated range, but you feel you’d benefit from our services, we still welcome you to book a call; there are no bad questions, and we may still be able to work with your company.
Book a call with Castle HR to discuss how our HR services can benefit your team of 10-50 people.