Your Business Is Growing. HR Shouldn't Slow You Down.
From hiring and onboarding to employee relations and manager support, we help growing businesses handle the HR work that takes time away from running the business. Get experienced, hands-on support without building an entire HR department. When you're ready, we can help bring HR in-house.
HR support that fits your business
- HR Foundations & Policies: Policies, onboarding, and practical processes.
- Everyday HR & Employee Support: Day-to-day employee and manager guidance.
- Experienced HR Leadership: Senior partnership for People decisions.
- Recruiting & Hiring Support: Role planning, sourcing, and interview support.
Build, Run, Transfer
These are possible stages of support, not a promise that every engagement includes all three.
- BUILD: Establish your HR foundation.
- RUN: Support day-to-day HR.
- TRANSFER: Plan an in-house handoff.
More Than HR Advice. Real Support That Gets Things Done.
- We help do the work: Put HR processes into practice and support day-to-day work within the agreed scope.
- Experienced help without a full HR department: Get HR support at a level that fits your company now.
- Built for where you're going: Create practical processes that can grow with the business and prepare an internal handoff when appropriate.
- Support that fits your business: Set priorities and responsibilities around your company's needs.
Talk through what your business needs
Request a complimentary 20–30-minute People Infrastructure Review. It is a practical conversation, not an audit or legal review. Any follow-on work is scoped separately.
Request a Free HR Consultation
Frequently asked questions
What does TalentForge360 actually own?
TalentForge360 can build and run the People infrastructure your company needs: policies, onboarding, manager processes, employee relations, recruiting, compliance coordination, and People Operations. We work alongside your leadership team and existing providers, then help transition the function in-house when the time is right.
When should a growing company build a People function?
The right time is usually when leadership is still carrying HR work, managers need guidance, hiring is increasing, or processes vary by team. Companies under 20 employees may need help establishing the foundation. Our primary focus is the 20–100 employee stage, while larger organizations may engage us for fractional leadership, transformation, or targeted People work.
How is TalentForge360 different from a PEO?
A PEO can provide payroll, benefits administration, and HR tools or support. TalentForge360 provides company-specific People ownership: building the processes, advising managers, operating alongside leadership, and coordinating the work that still has to happen inside your business. We can work alongside a PEO rather than replace it.
How is this different from hiring an HR consultant?
TalentForge360 does more than deliver recommendations. We can build the policies, systems, workflows, and manager processes your company needs, operate the People function alongside leadership, and help prepare the eventual handoff to an internal People leader.
Do you work with companies outside of North Carolina?
Yes. TalentForge360 supports companies across the United States. Delivery format, meeting cadence, and any travel requirements are discussed and documented for each engagement; ask before assuming in-person services are available.
When should we hire HR internally?
That depends on complexity, leadership needs, hiring volume, and how much People work the business needs to own every day. TalentForge360 can build the infrastructure first, help define the internal role, recruit the right leader, and transfer the operating knowledge when the timing is right.
Can TalentForge360 handle both recruiting and HR compliance?
Yes. Talent Acquisition can be scoped separately or integrated with another People engagement. Related work may include hiring processes, documentation, and ongoing People Operations support.
Will TalentForge360 replace our internal HR team?
Not necessarily. We can supplement an existing team, fill a leadership gap, build missing infrastructure, or operate before an internal team exists. The goal is a functioning People operation your company can eventually own.
Do you replace employment counsel?
No. TalentForge360 provides People and HR operational support, not legal representation. We coordinate with qualified employment counsel when legal advice, legal drafting, or a legal opinion is needed.
What are the benefits of no-contract US-based HR services?
Monthly engagements are designed to remain flexible, with scope and expectations documented before work begins. Project engagements have a clearly defined scope. TalentForge360 builds and operates People infrastructure for growing U.S. companies.