HR Companies & HR Consultants in Derry, NH

BlueLion, LLC is a human resources consulting firm serving employers across New England. The company was built for small and growing businesses that need reliable HR guidance but are not yet at the point of hiring a dedicated HR employee. Its founders set out to give smaller organizations the kind of people-management support that large enterprises already enjoy, creating room for growth and opportunity.

Services

Clients can hand over the whole HR function or bring in the team for one specific need. Available support includes:

• Fully outsourced HR, where the BlueLion team acts as the client's own HR department
• An HR hotline that puts experienced advisors a call or click away
• Project and training work to clear out a long list of pending HR tasks
• Interim coverage while an in-house HR role sits vacant
• HR audits, compliance assistance and document packages
• Employee handbooks and safety manuals
• Training on harassment, FMLA, and diversity and inclusion
• Operations consulting for companies stuck in a "we have always done it this way" routine

Client testimonials show how broad the work can be. Examples mentioned include terminations, corrective action plans, hiring, promotions, positive culture initiatives, a payroll provider switch, COVID-19 response and the onboarding of several employees at a new start-up. An HVAC company co-owner explained that BlueLion first assessed the business and produced a list of recommended items, then completed them and later began visiting weekly.

How Engagements Begin

New relationships follow a straightforward path:

• The prospective client submits a contact form
• Alison follows up to set up a meeting, phone call or Zoom
• An initial conversation identifies what the business requires
• BlueLion writes a proposal outlining services
• Both parties go over it on a second call
• The client chooses which services to pursue

The firm offers a free consultation and prepares quotes tailored to each client. It describes itself as a partner rather than a vendor, working as an extension of the client's team and handling each company with the same respect and care it gives its own.

It also argues that fit matters: just as cars are not all built alike, HR professionals differ, so the right one should match the company and its culture. The benefits it highlights are time savings, compliance, lower liability, employee retention and efficiency.

Founders and Team

Alison Milioto and Toni Runci spent more than six years working together at an earlier employer. Seeing that small businesses needed more personalized HR help, and valuing the role those businesses play in a strong community and economy, they started their own firm.

Milioto is a principal focused on operations and business development, with more than 15 years in operations, management and HR and an MBA from UNH. Runci, also a principal, leads analytics and business intelligence.

She earned her undergraduate and master's degrees at Southern New Hampshire University, holds SHRM-CP and PHR certifications, and has more than ten years in HR across blue collar, construction, automotive, healthcare, technology, hospitality and health insurance settings.

The wider team includes senior HR generalists such as Aimee Kozlowski, whose background spans staffing, manufacturing and engineering at privately owned companies, and Alexia Thomas, who has over 14 years of experience in onboarding, offboarding and employee engagement across tech, solar, pet, and research sectors. Together, the group reports more than 192 years of HR experience.

Culture and Community

BlueLion acknowledges that people often react to HR with an eye roll, and it aims to be different. Its P.R.I.D.E. values are personality, real, integrity, different and experience, alongside commitments to balance and community. The firm pledges 1% of its services, profit and time to its community.

Its name emerged from a restaurant brainstorm: blue stood for calm and stability, while the lion captured strength, loyalty and a fierce protective spirit, and the founders embraced the lioness image as their own.