Building Better
Teams • Workplaces • Processes
With 15+ years of HR experience across startups, mid-sized companies, and large organizations, I help growing businesses build scalable people processes that strengthen HR operations, support compliance, and create a better employee experience.
I am a Top Rated Upwork consultant with a 100% Job Success Score and experience supporting clients across multiple industries.
What I can help you with:
🔹Employee Lifecycle Management
Compensation and Benefits including Payroll Administration • Performance Management • Onboarding & Offboarding • F&F • HR Documentation • HR Analytics • HRIS
🔹 Policies, Processes & Compliance
HR policies • SOPs • Employee handbooks • Leave & attendance systems • Legal compliance support • HR Audits and Gap Analysis
🔹 Employee Engagement & Experience
Employee Connection • Grievance Handling • Conflict Management • Personalized dealings • Feedback systems
🔹 Recruitment & Talent Acquisition
Manpower Planning • Job descriptions • Shortlisting • Screening • Interviews • Negotiation & Offer rollout • Background Verification
🔹 Employer of Record (EoR) / HR Outsourcing Support
Your employee on my payroll • Employee Lifecycle Management • Documentation • Full legal compliance with Indian Laws and Taxation
🔹 Project Coordination and Management Technology
Workflow tools such as Asana, Trello • Planning platforms such as Mural • Productivity platforms like Hubstaff • HRMS and Payroll software such as GreytHR
Why Choose Me
✔ 15+ years of cross-industry HR experience
✔ Strong foundation in both manual & automated HR systems
✔ Skilled in handling sensitive employee matters with empathy
✔ Excellent communication, professionalism, and discipline
✔ Quick turnaround time and structured workflows
✔ Experience supporting global teams & remote-first companies
✔ Detail-oriented and reliable — no micromanagement needed
Key Accomplishments
# Built a complete HR function and culture from scratch for a startup of 10 employees.
# Led the digitization of HR data for 4,000+ employees, implementing HRIS and coordinating with IT on system requirements and bug fixes.
# Contributed to a company’s growth from 70 to 110 employees during my early recruitment projects.
✨If you are looking for practical, tailored, end-to-end HR solutions designed to support your Organization's growth — LET'S COLLABORATE!
Hiring delays, messy HR processes, poor follow-through, an overloaded inbox, and founder bandwidth issues don’t stay “small problems” for long — they slow hiring, create employee friction, and pull leadership away from growth. If you’re a startup founder or growing business, you need more than task support; you need someone who can bring structure to both your people operations and day-to-day execution.
I help startups, founders, and high-growth teams build and run the people side of the business more effectively through a combination of HR consulting, talent acquisition, people operations, and executive support. With 11+ years of experience across India and global markets, I’ve supported businesses with startup HR setup, recruitment, performance management, HR operations, HR systems implementation, and founder/CEO support — helping teams hire faster, operate more smoothly, and build stronger internal structure without adding unnecessary complexity.
Here’s how I can support your business:
HR Consulting | Startup HR | People Operations
- Set up or strengthen HR functions for startups and growing businesses
- Build HR processes, policies, employee lifecycle workflows, onboarding, and documentation
- Support HR operations, compliance coordination, performance management, employee engagement, and day-to-day people processes
- Create practical HR systems that are scalable, organized, and aligned with business goals
Talent Acquisition | Recruitment | Hiring Support
- Manage full-cycle recruitment support for technical and non-technical roles
- Handle sourcing, screening, interview coordination, candidate communication, and hiring process management
- Build structured recruitment workflows and talent pipelines to reduce hiring bottlenecks
- Support urgent hiring needs as well as long-term workforce planning
Executive Assistant | Founder Support | Business Support
- Provide executive support to founders and senior leaders through calendar management, inbox management, meeting coordination, travel planning, follow-up tracking, and administrative support
- Help reduce operational overload so leadership can focus on strategic priorities, hiring, growth, and decision-making
- Bring structure, responsiveness, and consistency to fast-moving founder workflows
HR Systems | Process Improvement | Operational Support
- Support implementation and optimization of HR and workflow tools such as Zoho People, Notion, Asana, ClickUp, and Lever
- Improve process visibility, task ownership, and internal coordination
- Create more efficient systems for hiring, HR operations, and day-to-day execution
What clients typically hire me for:
Startup HR setup
HR operations support
Talent acquisition / recruitment coordination
People operations and employee lifecycle support
Performance management process setup
HR policy and process documentation
Executive Assistant / Founder support
Calendar, inbox, travel, and meeting management
Process improvement and workflow coordination
Why work with me:
- 11+ years of experience across HR, recruitment, people operations, and executive support
- Strong experience supporting startups, founders, and high-growth teams
- Comfortable working across both strategic HR priorities and hands-on execution
- Experienced in building structure from scratch in fast-moving, evolving environments
- Global exposure across teams and clients in India, the US, Canada, the UK, the UAE, and other markets
If you’re looking for someone who can support your business across HR, hiring, people operations, and founder support — with a practical, startup-friendly approach — I’d be happy to discuss how I can help.
Send me a message / invite with what you need support with, and I’ll let you know how I can add value.
Growing your business but struggling with HR policies, hiring, employee management or compliance?
I help startups, SMEs and growing businesses build practical HR systems that support growth without unnecessary complexity.
I'm Kirti Shinde, an HR consultant with 10+ years of experience across in-house HR and recruitment. My work includes 500+ placements and building HR infrastructure for 20+ companies across multiple industries.
HOW I CAN HELP
• HR Policies & Employee Handbooks: Customized policies, employee handbooks, SOPs and workplace documentation.
• HR Audits & Compliance: Review existing HR practices, identify gaps and develop prioritized improvement plans.
• Startup HR Setup: Build HR processes from the ground up, including onboarding, employee documentation and performance management.
• POSH & Workplace Compliance: Policy development, Internal Committee setup, training and implementation support, with cross-border advisory informed by applicable local requirements.
• Recruitment & Talent Acquisition: Full-cycle hiring, recruitment process improvement, executive search and employer branding.
WHY WORK WITH ME?
I combine strategic HR advice with hands-on implementation. You receive practical documents, processes and action plans designed for your organization, rather than generic templates.
I work remotely with founders and HR leaders in India and international markets, supporting projects from initial assessment through implementation.
Whether you need a single employee handbook, an HR compliance review or a complete HR framework, message me with your team size, current challenge and timeline. We can discuss the most practical way forward.
Kirti P.
HR Consultant | Recruitment, HR Operations, Policies & Training
Mumbai, India
$10/hr$10 per hour4.2 (3) 3 jobs $1K+ total earnings
Are you a growing business that needs HR expertise but doesn't yet need a full-time HR Manager?
I help startups, agencies, consulting firms, and SMEs build practical, scalable HR systems that improve hiring, employee experience, performance, and business growth.
I am an Industrial Psychologist and HR Consultant with 6+ years of experience supporting organizations across India, UAE, Oman, USA and the UK.
Unlike traditional recruiters or HR administrators, I specialize in building and optimizing the entire employee lifecycle—from hiring and onboarding to performance management, training, compliance, and employee engagement.
My expertise includes:
✔ Recruitment & Talent Acquisition
* Technical, non-technical, and leadership hiring
* Candidate sourcing and screening
* Structured interviewing
* Behavioral assessments
* Hiring process design
✔ HR Operations & Administration
* Employee onboarding and offboarding
* HR workflows and documentation
* Offer letters and employment contracts
* Employee records management
* HR process improvement
✔ HR Policies & Compliance
* Employee handbooks
* Company policies
* HR documentation
* Compliance-focused HR processes
* SOP creation and implementation
✔ Performance Management & Employee Development
* Performance review systems
* Goal-setting frameworks
* Employee engagement initiatives
* Training and development programs
* Leadership coaching and support
✔ HR Systems & Organizational Development
* HRMS implementation
* Organizational structure design
* Reporting frameworks
* Team accountability systems
* Workforce planning
Over the years, I have helped organizations build HR functions from the ground up, establish scalable people processes, improve recruitment outcomes, implement HR systems, and create stronger employee experiences.
Whether you need support with recruitment, HR administration, policy development, onboarding, employee relations, training, compliance, or a complete HR function, I can help create systems that support sustainable business growth.
Let's discuss how I can support your organization.
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