HR Companies & HR Consultants in Edison, NJ

PeopleStrategy is a human capital management provider headquartered in Edison, New Jersey. It brings cloud HR software, employee benefits brokerage and outsourced administration together under one roof. Its typical clients are small and mid-sized organizations that would rather work with one partner for payroll, HR records, talent processes and benefits than coordinate several vendors.

Testimonials on its site come from organizations such as a Northern New Jersey family services agency, a financial planning group and The Kilmer Group, and some say they have been clients for over a decade.

Technology platform

The core product is PeopleStrategy eHCM. This modular suite covers the employee lifecycle from recruiting to retirement, and all of its modules share a single platform. For recruiting, it offers configurable job requisitions, screening questions for applicants, behavioral assessments and built-in background checks, followed by a digital onboarding workflow.

Self-service tools for employees and managers sit at the center of the system. Staff can view and update their personal, employment and benefits information from a desktop or a mobile app at any hour, which cuts down on paperwork and routine calls to HR.

• Recruiting, applicant screening and onboarding
• Core HR records and self-service
• Payroll with a guided processing wizard for review and approval
• Benefits administration
• Performance management for engagement and retention
• A configurable learning management system for training new hires

Benefits and managed services

Besides the software, the firm works as a full-service benefits broker. Its benefits team helps employers plan a long-term benefits strategy, supports them through open enrollment and assists with compliance questions. Clients who want to hand off more of the workload can have PeopleStrategy staff handle payroll processing, benefits administration and compliance support for them. The company packages technology, benefits and administration together as its HCM Bundle, so one provider covers all three.

Partnerships and background

Over the years the company has added partner tools to its platform. In 2019 it announced a partnership with Payfactors that gave smaller employers access to compensation data. In 2021 it added an integration with Fyle for expense management. Also in 2021, it consolidated its HR and benefits offering onto a single enterprise technology platform.

Its leadership has included industry veteran Jim Prekop as chief executive and a senior vice president of engineering with more than twenty years in software. Earlier executives appeared on HR podcasts to discuss how to choose HR technology.

The company also publishes educational material for HR leaders. This includes a 2017 study it commissioned from Lighthouse Research & Advisory on the business value of HR technology, along with guides on HR planning and buying software. Internally, it emphasizes shared success, work-life balance and employee empowerment, and it offers its own staff remote work options.

For buyers comparing HR providers, the main difference is that PeopleStrategy combines its own software with in-house benefits brokerage and hands-on administrative help, rather than offering any one of these alone.