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Choosing the right HR or recruiting partner starts with understanding your options. Explore answers to frequently asked questions about The O’Connor Group, our services, our flexible hourly model, and what you can expect when working with our team. Don’t see your question? Contact us, we’re always ready to ask one more question, learn about your needs, and help you find the right solution.
About The O’Connor Group
What does The O’Connor Group do?
The O’Connor Group provides flexible human resources and talent acquisition support to organizations ranging from growing businesses to large enterprises. Our services include fractional, interim, and project-based HR consulting, Recruitment-as-a-Service, executive search, HR assessments, compliance support, HR technology integration, training, and organizational development.
What types of organizations do you work with?
We support organizations across industries, including life sciences, healthcare, manufacturing, professional services, technology, hospitality, and security. Our solutions can be tailored to businesses at different stages of growth.
Where does The O’Connor Group provide services?
Headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, we support clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and across the country.
HR Consulting
What HR consulting services do you offer?
Our services include HR assessments, compliance, employee relations, compensation, performance management, organizational development, benefits and HRIS support, onboarding and offboarding, training, workforce planning, and merger and acquisition support.
What is fractional HR support?
Fractional HR gives your organization ongoing access to experienced HR professionals without hiring a full-time employee. Support can scale according to your organization’s needs.
Can you provide interim HR leadership?
Yes. We can provide experienced HR professionals to maintain continuity during leadership transitions, leaves of absence, periods of growth, or organizational change.
Can you help with a specific HR project?
Yes. Our project-based services can support defined initiatives such as an HR assessment, handbook update, compensation review, HR technology implementation, compliance project, or organizational redesign.
Can you help if we do not currently have an internal HR department?
Yes. We can establish essential HR processes, provide ongoing guidance, and serve as an extension of your leadership team.
Recruiting and Talent Acquisition
What is Recruitment-as-a-Service?
Recruitment-as-a-Service provides dedicated recruiting expertise for an hourly fee. Our team works as an extension of your organization to manage some or all of the hiring process.
How is your recruiting model different from a traditional staffing agency?
Rather than charging a percentage of a candidate’s salary, our flexible hourly model allows you to use the level of recruiting support you need while maintaining visibility into the process.
What parts of the recruiting process can you manage?
We can support sourcing, screening, interviewing, candidate communication, interview coordination, offer management, recruitment strategy, reporting, and onboarding.
Can you help fill hard-to-find or specialized roles?
Yes. Our recruiters have experience building targeted searches for specialized, technical, professional, and leadership positions.
Do you offer executive search?
Yes. Our executive search services provide a strategic, high-touch process for identifying and attracting senior leaders.
Working Together
How quickly can your team begin?
Timing depends on the scope and required expertise, but our flexible model allows us to respond quickly and assemble support around your organization’s priorities.
How do you determine the right level of support?
We begin by learning about your business, workforce, immediate challenges, and long-term goals. We then recommend an approach that may include fractional, interim, project-based, recruiting, or executive search support.
Will we have a dedicated point of contact?
Yes. Clients receive a dedicated point of contact who coordinates communication, priorities, progress, and next steps.
Can your team work with our existing HR or talent acquisition department?
Absolutely. We frequently supplement internal teams by providing additional capacity, specialized expertise, or support during high-volume periods and major initiatives.
Do you work onsite or remotely?
Both options may be available depending on the engagement, location, and business need. Many engagements use a hybrid or remote model.
How are services priced?
Many of our services use a flexible hourly model, so clients pay for the support they need. Pricing is based on the scope, required expertise, timeline, and level of support.
Getting Started
How do we get started?
Contact The O’Connor Group to schedule an introductory conversation. We will discuss your current needs, goals, timing, and the type of support that may be the best fit.
What should we prepare for the initial conversation?
It is helpful to share your organization’s size, industry, location, current HR or recruiting structure, immediate challenges, desired timeline, and business goals.
Can you provide a customized proposal?
Yes. After the initial conversation, we can recommend a tailored scope of work based on your priorities and desired outcomes.
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