HR and recruiting, run as one function.
Cedar Rock is the senior people partner for startups, PE and VC firms, and established teams in transition. We hire your people, build your HR systems, and run the day to day, or step in to fix the one piece that's broken.
One team that owns hiring, onboarding, and the day to day, end to end.
We design the people function, then we run it.
We source and hire your team, onboard them, and run payroll, benefits, and compliance, so nothing drops between recruiting and HR the way it does when you split the work across a recruiter, an HR manager, and a PEO. Bring us in to run all of it, or to take a single project off your plate and keep the playbook after we leave.
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What is Cedar Rock?
A fractional HR and talent practice that runs HR operations and recruiting as one function, delivered by a senior team. Engage Cedar Rock to run your whole people function, or to take on a specific project.
Who is Cedar Rock for?
Startups building their first people function. PE and VC firms standing up or scaling HR across portfolio companies. And established organizations that need senior help through a specific change: a system migration, a restructuring, a hiring surge, a compliance gap. Some clients hand HR over entirely. Others bring us in for one project and keep the playbook after we leave.
What services does Cedar Rock offer?
Three: Search (full-cycle recruiting from entry level to executive), HR Ops (HRIS, policy, compliance, performance, and total rewards), and end-to-end Outsourced HR, where we build the people stack and run it. Each works on its own or together.
How is this different from a recruiting agency or a PEO?
An agency fills roles and a PEO processes HR administration. Cedar Rock does both, as one senior team that owns recruiting and HR operations together. Sourcing, onboarding, and ongoing support connect instead of getting passed between vendors, and there is no account layer standing between you and the work.
How do you work with companies that already have an HR team?
We add capacity rather than taking anyone's role. When HR is already in place, we pick up the specialized or time-limited work the team can't get to, then hand it back with documentation they can run on their own.
Where can Cedar Rock operate?
Globally. We support distributed workforces of all kinds, including multi-country employment and EOR vs. entity decisions for new markets.
What happens when a project ends?
Everything stays with you: the systems, the documentation, the playbooks. Each engagement is built so your team can operate it without us afterward, whether that is the close of a single project or a planned handoff from a fully outsourced one.
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