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Becoming HR

Becoming HR is a full-service HR consulting firm supporting employers across the employment life cycle with education, best practice and compliance.

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Becoming HR

Business Description

Becoming HR is a full-service HR consulting firm founded by Jess Gleeson, focused on empowering people through education, best practice and compliance and on managing the start to end of the employment life cycle.

Work covers contract management, recruitment, onboarding, the range of performance processes, employee training and development, navigation of employment challenges and, where it comes to it, ending the employer and employee relationship. Psychological safety is treated as a core part of compliance and people management. Support is bespoke, client focused and outcome driven.

Service & Expertise

HR Advisory and Consulting

Outsourced HR and HR Consulting

Becoming HR provides outsourced HR and HR consulting for Australian employers, covering the employment life cycle from the first contract through to the last conversation.

  • Contract management, recruitment and onboarding are handled alongside the range of performance processes, so the whole employment life cycle sits with one adviser.
  • Employee training and development, and the navigation of employment challenges, are backed by advice that is practical, relevant and simple.
  • Psychological safety is treated as a live compliance obligation, part of becoming an aware and competent employer rather than an afterthought.
  • Jess Gleeson, founder and HR consultant, holds a Bachelor of Commerce in accounting, a Bachelor of Arts in media and communication, and an MBA, and is a practising AHRI member.

Best for: small businesses that want bespoke, realistic outsourced HR support rather than a permanent internal HR appointment.

HR Advisory and Consulting

SME HR Support

Becoming HR provides SME HR support, on the basis that HR can be the most complex element of running a small business.

  • Support is bespoke and realistic, built around how the business already runs rather than a fixed package.
  • Advice is practical, relevant and simple, so owners can act on it without translation.
  • Mary Coverdale works alongside the founder as leadership and training consultant, with board experience in health, sport and youth services.

Best for: small business owners who want the HR complexity handled while they run the business.

Operational Coverage

  • ACT (Hybrid)
  • New South Wales (Hybrid)
  • Northern Territory (Hybrid)
  • Queensland (Hybrid)
  • South Australia (Hybrid)
  • Tasmania (Hybrid)
  • Victoria (Hybrid)
  • Western Australia (Hybrid)

Industry

Industry Experience

Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

Contacts & Channels

FAQs

What does Becoming HR do?

Becoming HR is a full-service HR consulting firm managing the start to end of the employment life cycle, with a focus on empowering people through education, best practice and compliance.

Who runs Becoming HR?

Jess Gleeson is founder and HR consultant, and Mary Coverdale works with the firm as leadership and training consultant.

What is covered across the employment life cycle?

Contract management, recruitment, onboarding, performance processes, employee training and development, navigation of employment challenges and ending the employment relationship.

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