How we work + what we do
Every organization has its own vision, capabilities, and challenges. We meet you where you are, and bring our decades of experience helping teams thrive. As we get to know you, we'll always be honest — and kind! — about what we see. Together, we’ll design and deliver the next steps to help your team, serve your mission, and set you up for sustainable delivery and growth.
How we work
No problem or opportunity is too big, or too small for us to take on. Whether it’s a simple project, or a large, complex engagement, we use a consultative approach in all we do. We seek to understand, pull and analyze relevant trends from the market, and provide insights and options to consider when designing and delivering talent strategies and services.
We use a consultative approach.
We are not transactional.
Our approach favors deep collaboration and partnership with our clients. We strongly believe that our expertise, combined with our clients’ expertise and willingness to be active participants will result in the best outcome possible. We have seen the power and impact that intentional, thoughtfully crafted, and inclusive relationships can bring.
We become part of your crew.
We’ll give you access to our collaboration platforms, or onboard onto your systems so that we have an ability to collaborate asynchronously in between virtual or in-person touch points. And share memes.
What we do
We work with organizations who need to power up recruitment and hiring, and are committed to building processes that attract a variety of qualified candidates, and allow them to demonstrate their skills against clear and consistent evaluation criteria. We are experts in recruitment and hiring, from developing job descriptions and recommending salary ranges, to sourcing and candidate management, to interviewing and selection tools and processes. And we strive to deliver experiences that delight candidates, interviewers, and hiring managers. In this area, we offer the following services and solutions:
Talent acquisition strategy
Full-life cycle recruiting (leadership and non leadership roles)
Hiring process system design, build, and delivery
Interviewer training
Sourcing and screening sprints
Talent Acquisition
Employee experience is queen 👑. Engage your people through meaningful products and processes that are in line with organizational strategies and budgets.
Services and solutions in this area include:
Handbook development and refinement
New employee onboarding
Team retreats
Retention programs
Leadership and employee development and training
Workforce planning
Culture and engagement programs
Strategies to improve accessibility, fairness, and flexibility to enhance the employee experience
Performance management programs
Compassionate responses to layoffs
Communications and change management strategies for rolling out changes
Talent Management
Thinking about the compensation, benefits, and incentives you’re offering to your workforce and wondering about the best place to start? We can help through these services and solutions:
Total compensation and benefits plan review
Total compensation and benefits plan design
Communications and change management strategies for rolling out plan changes
Total Rewards
Fractional, Interim HR / Ops Business Partner
When you don’t have the people, we step in as a fractional HR and / or Operations Leader for a temporary period of time (up to 12 months). Services and solutions we can provide include:
Ongoing HR advisory and leadership counseling
Partnership with other executives or leaders within the business to establish company-wide programs, processes, and tools
Acting as an HR point of contact for your company when you have a gap
When you don’t have the full picture on the opportunities or barriers to achieving your talent goals, we can come onboard as time-limited consulting partners. In this area, we will:
Conduct a discovery sprint with key users / stakeholders / customers
Provide insights and recommended implementation strategies
Lead implementation efforts (for up to 24 months)
Transition our responsibilities to those who will oversee systems long-term
Consulting
When you need a dedicated sounding board, hype person, and accountability partner to help you grow as a people or operations leader, we offer coaching sessions at an hourly rate.
Targeted 1:1 coaching
Currently, government agencies can access Verge through small business set-aside competitions (for larger engagements) or Micro-Purchase (for smaller, one-time projects).
We are registered on SAM.gov as a small woman and minority-owned business and our NAICS code is 541611 (Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services).
“We were in need of a variety of people operations services, from hiring processes to benefits planning to our employee handbook and operational policies and procedures. From day zero and throughout our engagement, Verge was consistently on top of things. They set clear expectations and deadlines and met them all impressively. They helped us understand our needs better and came up with strong ideas tailored to our Lean Startup-style workplace. We LOVE them.”
Kathryn Finney
Founder and CEO, Genius Guild
We work with organizations who take on the big challenges, who aren’t afraid to fight for what matters, and who know that the work worth doing takes amazing people and incredible teams.
