Make Sure the Basics are Covered.

Simple and effective HR strategy checklist for small NZ businesses.


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Is Your HR Helping You Grow or Holding You Back?

HR doesn’t have to be complicated—or costly—to make a real impact.

This quick checklist helps you spot what’s working, what’s missing, and where a few smart tweaks could save you time and boost team performance.

You’ll assess five key areas:
Hiring, engagement, culture, compliance, and systems.
Just tick yes or no to 25 practical questions and see how your foundations stack up.

Built for busy SME owners and managers
If you’re juggling HR with everything else, this tool gives you a fast, fuss-free way to check where you’re tracking well, and where to focus next.

Download the checklist and find out where you stand.

 

FAQs About the Checklist

  • It’s a quick, practical tool to help small business owners assess their current HR setup. From hiring and engagement to compliance and systems, it highlights where you’re doing well and where a few improvements could free up time and reduce risk.

  • Good HR isn’t just for big companies. The importance of HR lies in helping businesses set expectations, stay compliant, and create workplaces where people actually want to stay. For small teams, the right systems can save serious time and stress.

  • For many SMEs, outsourcing HR means access to expert advice without the overhead of hiring internally. The benefits of outsourcing HR services include peace of mind around compliance, streamlined admin, and more time to focus on growing the business.

  • Yes! it’s more than just a scorecard. Once you complete it, you’ll see clear suggestions based on your results. Whether your score shows strong foundations or some gaps, you’ll know what areas to focus on next.

  • Start small: clear employment agreements, basic HR policies for small business, regular check-ins, and a plan for how you hire. Tools like this checklist help you keep things simple while following smart HR best practices.

  • Nope. We’ll send you the checklist, and you may get the occasional helpful resource or update from the team at Core HR, but no spam, no clutter. Just useful, practical HR support for your business.