Lighting the Way Forward
Choose the level of HR partnership that fits your organization’s stage, complexity, and goals.
BRIGHTER BEGINNINGS
FOUNDATIONAL HR SUPPORT
Building strong, compliant, and practical HR foundations
This package may include:
✔ HR foundation assessment and gap analysis
✔ Employment contracts and offer letter templates
✔ Core HR policies and procedures, tailored to the organization
✔ Manager and employee handbooks
✔ Onboarding and orientation frameworks
✔ Role clarity, job descriptions, and basic organizational design
✔ Performance management foundations and expectations
✔ Employee relations guidance and issue support, including employment terminations
✔ Compliance support aligned with applicable employment legislation
✔ Practical guidance for managers on day‑to‑day people leadership
Delivered with a practical, plain‑language approach, Brighter Beginnings ensures leaders and managers understand not only what is required, but how to apply HR practices confidently in real‑world situations.
Best suited for:
● New or growing businesses establishing HR for the first time
● Organizations formalizing people practices after rapid growth
● Leaders seeking confidence that HR basics are compliant and fit for purpose
● Teams preparing for future growth, modernization, or executive‑level HR support
Brighter Beginnings is designed for organizations that need support in establishing clear, compliant, and workable HR fundamentals. This service focuses on putting the right building blocks in place, so people practices are consistent, defensible, and positioned to support both day‑to‑day operations and future growth.
April partners closely with leaders to build solid HR foundations that are practical, easy to apply, and fit for the organization’s current stage. While focused on getting the essentials right, Brighter Beginnings also sets the groundwork for future scalability, modernization, and stronger people leadership as the organization evolves.
SEARCH LIGHT
RECRUITMENT & TALENT ACQUISITION SERVICES
Illuminating the path to the right people, with care and clarity
This package may include:
✔ Role and workforce needs assessment
✔ Job description and posting development
✔ Recruitment process design and guidance
✔ Interview guides and candidate selection criteria/tools
✔ Compliance‑aligned hiring practices
✔ Hiring manager coaching and support
✔ Offer letter templates and onboarding handoff
Best suited for:
Organizations that need a clear, compliant, and repeatable hiring process.
Search Light is designed for organizations that want to attract, assess, and hire the right people, not simply fill roles. This service brings intention and focus to hiring, ensuring recruitment decisions are thoughtful, aligned with business needs, and supportive of long‑term success.
April partners closely with leaders to provide recruitment support that is practical, structured, and grounded in strong people practices. Whether building teams from the ground up, scaling during periods of growth, or filling critical or hard‑to‑hire roles, Search Light offers a calm, discerning approach that brings confidence to every stage of the hiring process.
Organizations choose Search Light when they value careful assessment, meaningful connection, and hiring decisions made with both clarity and care, shining a focused light on the people who truly fit.
Tier 1: Recruitment Foundations
Setting up hiring the right way
Tier 2: Active Recruitment Support
Hands‑on partnership from posting to offer
This package may include:
✔ Job posting and candidate attraction support
✔ Resume screening and shortlisting
✔ Interview coordination and participation
✔ Candidate assessment and selection guidance
✔ Reference checks and offer support
✔ Candidate experience and communication management
Best suited for:
Organizations that want experienced HR leadership actively involved in hiring key roles.
Tier 3: Strategic & Executive Recruitment
Critical roles, senior hires, and growth‑driven recruitment
Designed for senior, specialized, or business‑critical roles, where fit, judgment, and long‑term impact matter most.
This package includes:
✔ Strategic workforce and succession planning support
✔ Executive and leadership role recruitment
✔ Culture and leadership fit assessment
✔ Market and compensation insight
✔ Confidential or sensitive search support
✔ Board or executive‑level advisory during selection
✔ Integration and onboarding support for senior hires
Best suited for:
Organizations hiring leaders, technical specialists, or mission‑critical talent, or navigating growth, change, or succession.
NEW DAWN
MERGERS & ACQUISITONS HR ADVISORY
Supporting smooth transitions and sustainable growth
New Dawn is designed to support organizations through the people‑related complexities of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and integrations, while preparing leaders, teams, and culture for the next phase of growth.
This service brings clarity and visibility to moments of significant transition. April partners closely with executive teams and Boards to ensure people decisions are informed, aligned, and grounded in both risk awareness and future opportunity. The focus is not only on completing the transaction, but on creating the conditions for a strong, sustainable start beyond it.
With extensive experience supporting M&A activity across Canada, the U.S., and international operations, April helps organizations surface people‑related risks early, navigate integration with care, and maintain stability through periods of change, while preserving momentum toward what comes next.
This package may include:
✔ HR policies & compliance foundations
✔ HR due diligence and people‑risk assessment
✔ Workforce, compensation, and benefits analysis
✔ Cross‑border employment and compliance considerations
✔ Integration planning and execution from Day 1 through stabilization
✔ Culture alignment and change leadership support
✔ Leadership and communication strategies during and post transition
✔ Retention, succession, and critical‑talent planning
Organizations choose New Dawn when they want clear, steady HR leadership through complexity, with an approach that balances diligence and empathy, while keeping growth, continuity, and long‑term effectiveness firmly in view.
EMBER TRANSFORMATION
HR PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, MODERNIZATION & TECHNOLOGY READINESS
Building the steady core that supports modern, scalable people systems
Like an ember beneath a fire, HR technology provides the steady, reliable energy that keeps people processes working quietly, consistently, and at scale. Ember Transformation is designed for organizations ready to strengthen or evolve their HR foundations, bringing structure, clarity, and durability to the systems that support their people.
This service focuses on building efficient, scalable, and future‑ready HR practices. It brings clarity to complex HR environments, helping organizations move from fragmented or manual processes to well‑designed, modern operating models and technologies that support growth and informed decision‑making.
April partners closely with leaders to assess current‑state HR operations and design improvements that simplify processes, enhance the employee experience, and enable long‑term organizational readiness. While highly strategic, this work is intentionally practical. April is equally comfortable rolling up her sleeves to work alongside teams supporting implementation, change adoption, and ensuring solutions are embedded, understood, and effective.
This package may include:
✔ HR process assessment, simplification, and optimization
✔ HR service delivery and operating model design
✔ HR technology readiness assessments and roadmap development
✔ Support for HRIS selection, modernization, or implementation
✔ Data, reporting, and workforce analytics foundations
✔ Policy, program, and governance modernization
✔ Change management and adoption support
Organizations choose Ember Transformation when they need real‑world improvements that work, not just theoretical designs. This service provides clear direction today while building the steady, scalable HR foundations required for what comes next.
NORTH STAR
FRACTIONAL HR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Anchoring people strategy to business outcomes
LNorth Star is designed for organizations that need senior‑level HR leadership without a full‑time executive. This offering provides access to April as a trusted HR executive partner, bringing clarity, stability, and experienced leadership to the executive table.
April works alongside CEOs, executive teams, and Boards to shape people and workforce strategies that are directly aligned to business priorities, growth objectives, and long‑term organizational sustainability. This service is particularly well‑suited to organizations navigating complexity, scaling operations, undergoing transformation, or requiring experienced HR leadership to support informed decision‑making at the highest level.
This package may include:
✔ Acting or interim CHRO / HR Executive leadership support
✔ Enterprise people and workforce strategy development
✔ Executive and Board‑level advisory support
✔ Board and Committee reporting, dashboards, and workforce insights
✔ Executive coaching and leadership advisory
✔ Risk management, governance, and compliance oversight
·✔ Senior‑level decision support during growth, restructuring, or transformation
Organizations choose North Star for its strategic depth, calm executive presence, and trusted leadership, valuing April’s ability to anchor people strategy to business outcomes while translating vision into practical, actionable execution.
● Final pricing depends on scope, complexity, and workforce size
● All projects include confidentiality and professional standards
● Discounts may apply for retainer clients
● Travel or multi-location work priced separately
PRICING NOTES:
INCLUDED IN ALL PACKAGES:
✔ Confidentiality & data protection ✔ Ethical professional advisory standards
✔ Clear escalation process ✔ Flexible service terms