HR Companies & HR Consultants in Clarksburg, WV

Help With HR is a consultancy based in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and is a brand of Solitary Solutions. It gives smaller employers access to a senior HR practitioner so they do not have to staff an internal human resources department. Jonathan Ayoob leads the practice.

He holds the SPHR credential, a senior-level certification in human resources, and has more than two decades of experience advising employers on personnel matters. Clients work with him personally rather than being routed to a call center and passed between different advisors.

Who the firm serves

The firm works with small and mid-sized companies and with non-profit organizations. These clients face real people decisions but lack in-house HR expertise. Much of the work happens by phone and email, so the firm supports employers throughout the state, including Clarksburg, Bridgeport, Morgantown, Fairmont and Charleston. It also takes on clients outside West Virginia. Typical situations include a struggling new hire, uncertainty about overtime or worker classification, a policy that needs interpreting, or a termination that carries legal risk.

Service lines

The firm offers four programs. Clients can use them separately or combine them:

• HR Connect: on-call advice on hiring and terminations, discipline and performance documentation, pay practices, compliance questions, policy interpretation and coaching for managers.
• Employee HR Care Center: a confidential hotline where staff can bring workplace questions or concerns. It includes intake, documentation and guidance to the employer on when a matter should be escalated.
• Partner Program: a continuing relationship with a dedicated consultant. It covers proactive compliance advice, drafting and maintaining policies, help with investigations and complicated employee cases, and longer-range HR planning as a company expands.
• Employee Screening: pre-hire background checks, verification of past employment and education, screening options matched to the position, and clear reports delivered quickly.

The Care Center is designed to sit alongside HR Connect and is bundled into the Partner Program. It gives workers who hesitate to approach a supervisor a discreet outlet. The goal is for conflicts, communication problems and policy questions to surface early and leave a written record, rather than growing into formal complaints. Ayoob reviews each concern himself.

Background and approach

Over his career Ayoob has advised organizations on recruiting, employee relations, handbooks and written policies, performance management, leave administration and regulatory compliance. He is also a board member at a private Christian school, where he counsels on employment policy. The firm stresses quick turnaround: many questions are answered the same day, with no ticketing system in between.

Support is billed monthly, or per employee for the Care Center, and is scaled to the client's size and needs. An initial consultation determines which arrangement fits. A client testimonial on the site describes Ayoob putting a handbook and policies in place and then serving as the go-to contact whenever questions arise.