Any of these can cost a small business thousands — or everything. The Core Wise Strategies Small Business Starter HR Kit gives you the complete onboarding and HR system that protects your business, impresses new hires, and runs without you having to figure it out from scratch.
This kit is for you if...
- You have hired or are about to hire your first employees
- You are running onboarding from memory and hoping nothing goes wrong
- You have never had a new hire sign a formal offer letter or handbook
- You want to look and run like an established business, not a startup figuring it out
- You cannot afford a full-time HR person but cannot afford to skip HR either
What's Included — 7-Item Feature List:
- Master Instruction Guide: Your step-by-step setup guide covers every document in the kit — including how to choose the right PTO policy, holiday schedule, and overtime rules for your business. No HR background required.
- Offer Letter Template: A professional, legally sound offer letter with at-will employment language, compensation fields, benefits summary, and a dual signature block. Ready to customize and send in minutes.
- Pre-Start & First Day Checklist: Every task from offer acceptance through the end of Day One — who does it, when, and in what order. Never scramble before a new hire's first day again.
- First Day Orientation Agenda: A complete hour-by-hour agenda for orientation day — including company overview, policy review, benefits walkthrough, systems setup, and a structured end-of-day check-in.
- Onboarding Buddy System Guide: Set up a buddy system that helps new hires feel welcome, reduces your workload, and cuts early turnover. Includes buddy selection criteria, weekly check-in forms, and conversation starters
- Employee Handbook Template: A full handbook with choose-your-own options for PTO, holidays, dress code, overtime, discipline, confidentiality, and benefits. Covers all the legally important sections your business needs in writing.
- 30/60/90 Day Check-In Template: Structured check-in meetings at 30, 60, and 90 days that catch problems early, document performance from day one, and show your employees their growth matters.
No Offer Letter. No Handbook. No Paper Trail. If something goes wrong with an employee — a dispute, a complaint, a sudden resignation — your first question from an attorney will be: 'What did they sign?' If the answer is nothing, you are unprotected. The Starter HR Kit changes that today.