Jackie K.

Your organization may not need a full-time HR executive—but it still needs experienced HR judgment, reliable systems, compliant practices, and someone who can turn recommendations into action. I am the Owner and CEO of Synergized HR, a woman- and veteran-owned HR consulting firm, and bring more than 20 years of HR leadership and consulting experience. Through Upwork, clients have the opportunity to work directly with the owner of an HR consulting firm at a platform-based rate—without traditional consulting-firm overhead, layers of account management, or being handed off to junior staff. I provide fractional HR leadership and project-based support across six core areas: FRACTIONAL HR LEADERSHIP & PEOPLE OPERATIONS • Fractional and interim HR management • Employee relations, investigations, discipline, and terminations • Manager coaching and performance improvement plans • Workforce planning, organizational design, and change management • Performance management and succession planning • Benefits, payroll, leave, and HR operations oversight • Strategic guidance for executives, governing boards, and business owners HR INFRASTRUCTURE & COMPLIANCE • HR audits, risk assessments, and corrective-action plans • Multi-state employment compliance • Employee handbooks, policies, and standard operating procedures • Hiring, onboarding, offboarding, and employee-file processes • Job descriptions, employment classifications, and manager tools • HR department development for startups and growing organizations • Practical workflows, templates, checklists, & implementation plans COMPENSATION & JOB ARCHITECTURE • Market compensation and benchmarking studies • Executive and employee compensation analysis • Salary structures, grades, ranges, and implementation planning • Job evaluation, classification, and job architecture • Internal equity and pay-compression analysis • Performance-to-compensation frameworks • Compensation policies and decision tools • Written findings and leadership presentations HRIS, PAYROLL & PROCESS IMPROVEMENT • HRIS needs assessments, selection, implementation, and optimization • Payroll, timekeeping, benefits, and onboarding workflows • Process mapping, automation, and system-adoption support • Data cleanup, documentation, reporting, and HR metrics • Experience with ADP, Paycom, Paychex, Ceridian/Dayforce, Kronos, Rippling, BambooHR, Gusto, and other HR platforms • Lean Six Sigma-informed process improvement LEARNING, DEVELOPMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS • Leadership and manager training • Customized curriculum and training-module development • Facilitator guides, participant materials, and knowledge assessments • Employee orientation and onboarding programs • Performance-management training • Communication, engagement, and retention initiatives • Change-management and system-adoption training RECRUITING & WORKFORCE SUPPORT • Recruiting strategy and difficult-to-fill searches • Executive, technical, engineering, sales, professional, and operational recruiting • Candidate sourcing, screening, and interview coordination • Hiring-process design and structured interview tools • Workforce forecasting and retention planning My experience spans technology and startups, aerospace, manufacturing, construction and infrastructure, healthcare, education, utilities, food production, government, transportation, senior living, and nonprofit organizations. Examples of my work include: • Leading high-volume aerospace recruiting exceeding 30 hires per week • Supporting organizational change and training implementation across nine U.S. manufacturing facilities • Redesigning training and workforce processes that reduced turnover by 30% • Supporting the employee side of a major integration within a 300+ employee transportation project • Completing compensation, classification, and market analyses for public- and private-sector organizations • Developing employee handbooks, HR policies, job descriptions, training programs, management tools, and operational procedures • Building and improving HR processes for organizations ranging from emerging businesses to complex, multi-location employers My approach is practical, collaborative, and implementation-focused. I take time to understand why a current process exists, how the organization operates, and where the actual risk or inefficiency lies. Recommendations are explained through compliance, business risk, operational efficiency, employee experience, and organizational impact. Engagements may be structured as ongoing fractional HR support, interim leadership, executive advisory services, or defined projects. When you hire me through Upwork, you work directly with me and benefit from the experience, methodology, and resources of Synergized HR at an accessible Upwork rate.