Why we offer an answer service to our consultants

One of the advantages our consultants have is the benefit of an answer service. This means that whenever someone rings their phone number, landline or mobile, it will be answered by a face2faceHR PA, who understands the business and can take messages, transfer calls, field

Seeming more established – how a franchise can help

One of the advantages that current consultants have mentioned to me about being part of a franchise is that it gives them the opportunity to seem more established from the start. As a group, we have been working with small businesses for 12 years now;

How much time are you actually spending working?

One of the main problems with working at home can be staying productive. There are distractions around you, no colleagues who might notice if you faff about on the internet or watch telly, and always other things to do in the house. In an earlier

Can you start an HR consultancy and stay employed at the same time?

One of the things we get asked by HR professionals who are looking at either working with us or an HR consultancy in general is whether it is possible to start your own consultancy business while working in a conventional job at the same time.

Local support for local business

At face2faceHR we’re passionate about working with and becoming part of our local business community, and we find that clients like this too. One of the things we get a lot of feedback on when we ask clients why they contacted us or decided to

Knowing when to leave a networking group

One of the key parts of marketing for most small business HR consultants (and in fact many other types of business) is networking. It can be a really good way of building relationships with key people, and replicating the kind of conversations and opportunities offered

My biggest marketing mistake – and my biggest fluke

One of the biggest advantages our consultants have is that they benefit from the mistakes I made when I started face2faceHR back in 2008. Most of these mistakes were marketing-related, and some of them were whoppers! The biggest waste of time I spent marketing was

Authenticity – the most powerful sales tool

Marketing is usually the aspect of self-employment prospective HR consultants are most concerned about. And naturally so – it’s not something most HR professionals have done a lot of, if any at all. But your most powerful sales tool is actually something you already have.

Ordinary or extraordinary? HR consultancy for small businesses

One of the questions HR professionals considering working with us often ask me is what kind of work they’d be doing. Very sensible, to get a proper idea of what their working life will ‘look’ like rather than just wanting to know about marketing support

Welcome to Labeeb

We are delighted to welcome our first male consultant, Labeeb Aslam to the growing face2faceHR team. He will be bringing our down-to-earth, tailored approach to HR to SMEs in and around East Derby and West Nottingham, covering the M1 corridor.  His vast knowledge across a