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A month of posts written for your line of work: the caption, the hashtags, what to photograph and the day to post. Answer six questions and the first month is free.
Where your plan focuses
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What you post
A sample post
This is the kind of post that lands in your plan, here for Instagram.
Myth: A startup is too small to need HR policy. Fact: Policy is cheapest to write when there are ten people and nothing has gone wrong. At fifty people, after an incident, it gets written under pressure and read by a lawyer. The same document, drafted a year earlier, would have cost a fraction and sounded like guidance rather than a defence. Write it while nothing is at stake.
Photo brief. Split card, plain and corporate-neutral. Red MYTH half, green FACT half, typographic. No stock photographs of teams high-fiving.
Myths your customers believe
Posts that correct a myth earn trust. Your plan includes them, with your business name attached.
Myth. A startup is too small to need HR policy
Fact. Policy is cheapest to write when there are ten people and nothing has gone wrong. At fifty people, after an incident, it is written under pressure and read by a lawyer.
Myth. People leave for money
Fact. People accept offers for money and leave because of a manager, a lack of progression, or work they find pointless. Exit conversations say the first thing and mean the second.
Myth. A longer notice period protects the company
Fact. It mostly produces a disengaged employee on the premises for three months. Retention comes from the job, and enforceability of long notice periods is questionable anyway.
Myth. Hiring slowly means losing good candidates
Fact. Hiring slowly loses some candidates. Hiring badly costs a salary, a replacement search, and the time of everyone who worked around the mistake.
How to run an interview that predicts performance
- Write the questions before meeting anyone, and ask every candidate the same ones
- Ask for a specific past example rather than a hypothetical answer
- Score independently before the panel discusses, so nobody anchors the others
Questions your customers ask
At what headcount do we need written HR policy?
Earlier than most founders think. Once decisions start being made twice, they need to be written down, because the second decision becomes a precedent whether you intended it or not.
What should an offer letter actually contain?
Role and reporting line, compensation broken into components, probation and confirmation terms, notice on both sides, confidentiality, and what constitutes cause. Vague offer letters are where disputes start.
How do we reduce the cost of a bad hire?
A structured interview with the same questions for every candidate, a reference check actually done, and a probation period used rather than waved through.
Is an exit interview worth doing?
Only if someone other than the departing person's manager conducts it, and only if what is learned actually reaches a decision-maker. Otherwise it is a form.
What statutory registrations apply to a growing company?
It depends on headcount, state and industry, and it changes as you cross thresholds. The mistake is discovering a threshold after crossing it, so the register should be reviewed each time you hire in a new state.
Do we need a POSH policy and committee?
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act applies from ten employees, requiring a policy and an Internal Committee with an external member. This is not optional and it is one of the more commonly missed obligations.
How do we run appraisals that change anything?
Have the conversations through the year so the appraisal contains no surprises, separate the pay conversation from the development conversation, and write down what happens next with a date.
Should we outsource HR or hire someone?
Outsource compliance and process design early, hire when there is enough people-work to fill a role. Hiring an HR person to do compliance they have not been trained on is the common mistake.
Hashtags to start with
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