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MODERN HR. KEEPING HR HUMAN™

Your HR department. Run by people who have built them.

Konnect gives growing companies a complete HR function. HR business partners managing the daily work, backed by a leadership team that has run HR at Chipotle, Forever 21, JPMorgan and UCI Health.​

Jamie Viramontes, founder of Konnect and former CHRO at Chipotle, Forever 21, JPMorgan, and UCI Health
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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UC IRVINE

We teach this to CHROs at University of California campuses.

Konnect developed The Future of HR: AI Strategy and Leadership with the UCI Paul Merage School of Business.

 

Jamie, Konnect's founder and CEO, teaches AI in performance management alongside Merage faculty and the school's Dean.

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Ian O. Williamson - Dean, The Paul Merage School of Business, Noah Askin - Associate Professor UC Irvine, Jamie Viramontes - CEO, Konnect

Jamie serves on the UC Irvine Foundation Board of Trustees and holds the Weiss Endowed Chair at the Paul Merage School of Business.

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WHAT YOU GET

Not software. Not a call center. A team.

You get named HR business partners who know your business, backed by senior advisors who have solved these problems at scale.

A named HR partner

The same person every time. They learn your business, your managers, and your problems.

Employee relations coverage

Investigations, terminations, leaves, and accommodations handled by people who have done thousands.

CHRO level escalation

Senior level oversight. They learn your business, your managers, and your problems.

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“Konnect gave us the HR expertise and support we needed without the cost and complexity of building an internal team. They became a true extension of our business.”

Clyde Lewis

Formerly VP of Operations, Rubio's Coastal Grill

KONNECT ADVISORY

Three levels of coverage.

Standard

Advisory and employee relations for teams building their first real HR foundation.

10 pooled advisory hours
KonnectER included
Named HR business partner

MOST COMMON

Advanced

Deeper coverage and coordination for multi-state teams in active growth.

15 pooled advisory hours
KonnectER included
1 HR coordinator

Elite

A full outsourced HR function for complex, high-headcount organizations.

20 pooled advisory hours
KonnectER included
2 HR coordinators

KONNECTAI

Meet Sophie, in the flow of work.

Sophie answers policy, payroll, benefits, and leave questions where your employees already work. Routine questions get handled instantly. Everything else escalates to your Konnect team.

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THE B.A.R. FRAMEWORK

How we raise the BAR.

B​

Operations, learning, leadership

BUILD

ATTRACT

A​

Recruiting, employer brand, total rewards

RETAIN

R​

Engagement, culture, performance

FOUNDATION

Compliance, policy, payroll, systems

Where does your HR actually stand?

The Konnect Score benchmarks your HR across eight categories in five minutes, and shows you exactly where the risk is.

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