About HR Next Door

Aaronna Martin - practical, experienced HR support for growing British Columbia businesses.

Aaronna Martin, founder of HR Next Door Consulting Services
About HR Next Door

HR That Sits Beside You, Not Above You

HR Next Door was born out of watching brilliant people build businesses in the Tri-Cities and then get stuck on the people side. Mom entrepreneurs, trades owners, clinic founders - full of ideas, suddenly responsible for a team, and with nobody to ask what they were legally allowed to do next. I am Aaronna Martin, and that is the gap I fill: senior HR judgement, available by the hour, without the overhead of a full-time hire.

Every business deserves an HR person they can actually reach. Mine happens to be next door.

Aaronna Martin

Founder, HR Next Door Consulting Services
How working together looks

Three Steps, No Jargon, No Retainer Trap

Step

01...

Free consultation

Tell me what is going on. I will tell you honestly whether I can help and roughly what it would take.

Step

02...

Priorities and plan

We agree what carries the most risk, what can wait, and what it will cost to put right.

Step

03...

Work delivered

Documents written, training run, problems handled — on a timeline that fits around your business.

Ninety seconds

Meet HR Next Door

The short version of why this business exists and who it is for.

Who I work with

Small Teams, Real Consequences

01

Owner-led businesses

Five to fifty people, no HR department, and a founder who is quietly doing all of it between everything else.

02

Clinics, trades and retail

Shift work, safety obligations and high turnover - where getting the paperwork wrong gets expensive fast.

03

Non-profits and community teams

Small budgets, big mandates, and boards that need policies that will actually stand up to scrutiny.

What I stand for

Three Things That Shape Every Engagement

01

People first, paperwork second

Policies only work when the people they cover understand them. Everything I write is in plain English, sized to your business, and built so a manager can actually use it on a Tuesday afternoon.

02

Compliant in British Columbia

The Employment Standards Act, the Human Rights Code and WorkSafeBC are not optional. Every handbook, investigation and termination I touch is checked against what BC actually requires - before it becomes a problem.

03

Honest about scope

If the work does not need me, I will say so. If it needs a lawyer, I will say that too. You get a straight answer at the free consultation, not a proposal designed to grow.

What clients say

Owners Who Stopped Doing HR Alone

★★★★★
She investigated a harassment complaint for us as a neutral third party. Documented, fair, and finished on time. Both sides felt they had been heard, and that mattered more than anything.
Client initials MAMarcus AhmedOwner, Ahmed Autobody - Port Moody
★★★★★
Hiring used to take us six weeks and a lot of guessing. Aaronna rebuilt our job descriptions and interview guides, and we filled two roles in under three weeks with people who stayed.
Client initials LCLaura ChenOperations Manager, Bright Path Childcare
★★★★★
We had eleven staff and no handbook. Aaronna wrote one we actually use, trained the managers on it, and did it without making anyone feel policed. Two years on it is still the first thing new hires read.
Client initials DMDana MercerOwner, Mercer Dental Studio - Coquitlam
★★★★★
I called her about one termination I was dreading. She walked me through the ESA notice, drafted the letter, and sat in on the meeting. It was handled properly and quietly, which is exactly what I needed.
Client initials SKSunil KapoorDirector, Kapoor Mechanical - Port Coquitlam
★★★★★
Our board wanted a respectful workplace policy that would hold up under scrutiny. Aaronna delivered it in plain English and then briefed the whole team. No jargon, no lecture, just clear expectations.
Client initials JTJenna TorresExecutive Director, Tri-Cities Community Society
★★★★★
The free HR audit was not a sales pitch. She found four gaps, told me two could wait, and fixed the other two on a fixed fee. That honesty is why we keep calling her.
Client initials RPRob PatelCo-founder, Northgate Retail Group
Next step

Let us find out if I am the right fit

A free 30-minute consultation. Bring the problem, not the job title.