HR Consulting in St. Petersburg, Florida
On-site HR support for St. Petersburg professional firms, nonprofits, breweries and hospitality businesses, and a fast-growing startup scene — from an HR consultant who lives and works here.
Home base. Most of my clients are a short drive away.
- Local
- from St. Petersburg
- On-site
- most common here
St. Petersburg is where I live and where SBW HR Consulting is based, so the businesses here are the ones I know best: accounting, law and advisory firms downtown, the nonprofits and arts organizations that give the city its character, the breweries and restaurants along Central Avenue, and a startup community that has grown up around the waterfront and the innovation district.
The HR problems follow the mix. Professional firms hiring their first non-partner staff and discovering exempt versus non-exempt the hard way. Nonprofits with an executive director doing HR between grant reports. Hospitality teams with tipped staff, seasonal swings and the wage-and-hour mistakes that come with both. Startups adding ten people in a quarter with contractor agreements that don't hold up.
Because I'm local, on-site work in St. Petersburg is the default rather than the exception. First meetings, investigations, terminations, training and board sessions happen in your office. Day-to-day questions get answered by phone and email, usually the same business day.
In your office, or across the table at mine.
On-site
Most St. Petersburg clients see me in person for first meetings, investigations, difficult conversations and training. Same-week scheduling is normal; urgent issues within a day or two.
Remote
Handbooks, compliance reviews, policy questions and day-to-day advice run over phone, email and video — you don't wait for a visit to get an answer.
Professional firms, nonprofits, hospitality, and startups.
Companies of 5 to 100 employees. Not on the list? The seven services work the same in any industry.
Everything HR, delivered in St. Petersburg.
Same seven services as everywhere else. In St. Pete the most common starting points are outsourced HR for growing firms and handbooks for nonprofits and hospitality teams.
All services →- 01
HR Outsourcing & Fractional HR
Your HR department when you don't have one.
- 02
HR Compliance
Federal, state, county and local employment law changes constantly.
- 03
Employee Handbooks
Your handbook sets expectations and protects you when things go wrong.
- 04
Employee Relations
Conflict, grievances, discipline, terminations.
- 05
HR Training
Training built for your team, not a canned webinar — from legally required topics to the management skills that keep good people..
- 06
HR Audit & Assessment
An expert look at how you hire, pay, manage and retain — where you're exposed, where you're wasting effort, and a practical plan to close the gaps..
- 07
Recruiting
Personalized hiring support that finds the right fit for your culture and keeps you compliant from job posting to signed offer..
- 08
Not sure where to start?
Tell me the situation and I'll point you to the right first step. The first conversation is free.
Call (727) 280-6769 →
“Sarah has been an incredible resource to me for my clients. She is professional, knowledgeable, timely and, most importantly, cost effective. She is my Human Resource strategic partner.”
Centered on St. Petersburg. No pin.
Serving St. Petersburg from my base in St. Petersburg, FL.
Yes — it's home. On-site meetings, investigations and training in St. Petersburg are routine, and there's no travel charge.
Professional services firms, nonprofits and arts organizations, hospitality and brewery teams, and startups — anywhere from about 5 to 100 employees.
Urgent employee issues: on-site within a day or two. Projects like a handbook or compliance review: typically within two weeks of our first call.
Yes. Pinellas County has its own wage theft ordinance and a human rights ordinance that adds protected classes beyond state law. Both need to be reflected in your policies and complaint process.
Nearby areas
Running a business in St. Petersburg? Let's talk.
Call, or send a message — whichever is easier.