Top HR Companies and Startups in 2023

What would companies do without the human resources division? 

Thanks to HR management, companies can function with regards to: 

Staffing, onboarding, talent acquisition, management consulting, employee development, the recruitment process, and even company culture. 

With HR managers taking care of all things employee-related, CEOs and founders can run their businesses without having to worry too much about recruiting, training, and churn at the company. 

This article will provide a list of the top HR companies and startups in 2023 listed in order of the fastest-growing, for your perusal.

(The rest of the article will discuss in brief how we generated leads in the HR world.)

SIDE NOTE:

Feel free to use the list for your own lead generation campaigns. 

But if you are going after hard-to-reach HR executives, then you might want to get on a free 15 min strategy call with Salesbread. 

We will share how we generated over 892 leads in the HR world; including with CHROS, VPHR, and even fortune 500 companies with 5 -30 000 employees.

Top HR Companies and Startups List

Connex Partners Case Study in Brief

(Our full in-depth Case Study will be up and running soon.)

Connex Partners (based in New York) is a company offering exclusive membership for industry leaders who have exclusive knowledge in their field; Thus helping those in the business find strategic solutions for various challenges.

Connex Partners is an invite-only membership. Their members are exclusively involved with a cutting-edge community, where they can gain insights and advice in a relational, community-driven way. 

“At Connex, you come with questions and leave with answers that grow your business and transform your career.”

Connex offers an improved ROI from an executive network… In fact, this is what they promise to achieve for your business: 

• “Reduced vendor cost and risk management: Mitigate risks and control service provider costs by finding the right partners.
• Improved preparedness for industry shifts: Stay informed and ahead of industry shifts and threats with real-time information from Connex Partners and peers
• Fewer research and consulting costs: Get advice and solutions on-demand, reducing the need for costly consultants or purchasing industry reports.
• More productive conferences: Replace expensive and lengthy conferences with our intimate, targeted Sector Meetings and world-class networking. (Thus improving performance management)” 

Why did Connex approach Salesbread?

Connex came to Salesbread asking us to help them find leads with those who are HR professionals. (Connex offers memberships for those in healthcare, HR Solutions, and employee benefits. )

We have managed to find over 800 qualified leads for them thus far in HR services. (More detail to follow in our Connex Partners Case Study.)

The Strategy we used

When it comes to targeting those in the HR department, we used this methodology 

(Notice our simple workflow pattern that gets results. We can do the same for you.)

• Build a list of the top HR consulting firms and startups
• We would then streamline the list to target only those who would be the best fit for our clients. 
• Once the list was narrowed down we then needed to target the right people in the HR team. This could be those in human resources management, HR executives, CHRO, VP Human resources, benefits & compensation, and directors.

What was next?

Plug the list into Linkedin – Filter by second-degree network

Once we had our list perfected, and knew exactly who we wanted to target; we plugged this list into Linkedin and filtered it by our second-degree network. We also filtered it by those who have posted something on Linkedin within the past month.

Why do this?

Reason 1: 

You already share a common connection with the prospect, meaning that they are already in your second-degree network. 

This means that they have already accepted people like you in the past, which in turn means that they will most likely accept your connection invite request because they are accepting people relevant to them. 

But, you might be concerned that you will have too few companies or people to contact. 

Remember that it is better to target fewer people who are an ideal fit for your campaign than hundreds of people who aren’t. 

Reason 2:

You can also connect with those outside your second-degree network, but before you do, make sure that they have posted something on Linkedin within the past 30 days. 

The reason for this is that if they aren’t active on Linkedin, they might not even see your connection request message.  How do you check if a person outside of your second-degree network has been active on Linkedin? 

You can go to the “Spotlight” section and click “Posted on Linkedin within the past 30 days.” 

We then wrote personalized connection requests for each prospect.

You might be wondering…

Doesn’t this take time? Especially if you have a biggish list.

The answer is yes, it does take time. 

But, in order to write personalized messages, we have to research each person that we are writing to. We look for things that we could use in our connection request messages that would capture the prospect’s attention. 

Without personalization, you are not going to get positive results. 

The reason for this is that people get spammed daily on Linkedin by businesses. Most of the time it’s bots sending out the same message to thousands of prospects.

So if you are not going to write personalized messages, people are going to just ignore you. They are going to think that you are no different from the automation tool behind their screen.  

Personalization makes them stop, and read your message, this, in turn, leads to higher engagement. Which means greater replies and more sales. 

The last step is to send out messages and follow-up 3 times and ask for a meeting.

The last step in our lead generation business service is to send out all these personalized messages via Linkedin.

Most of the time, people do accept the connection request invites. 

For example, you might get a 30% connection request acceptance rate, and if you do, be sure to follow up 3 days later with another message.

If they don’t reply to you or accept your connection request, you could then find their email addresses and send them a direct mail. 

How do you find their email addresses? 

Sometimes it’s listed on Linkedin, or if it’s not listed, you could use:

• Google
• Phantom Buster
• Crunchbase 

Once you have their email addresses, add them to an email marketing campaign and follow the same recipe as above with regards to personalization. (Remember to keep it short for emails.)

Remember to always ask for a meeting. This is what we always do in our messages. Clear CTA’s encourage the prospect to act on your messages and help them to know exactly what you want from them. 

Would you like the same results for your business?

If you have been looking for qualified leads in HR, but have been disappointed by other companies, give us a shout. Whether you are a small business or a massive corporate company, we would love to help you with a positive ROI. 

No artificial intelligence spam type messages, no locked-in contracts,  no being handed off to campaign managers; but rather a personalized experience where you will work along with the founder of Salesbread; thus ensuring high-performing results. 

Our outbound agency will get you 1 fintech lead per day. Schedule a free 15-min call and talk “sales strategy” with the founder of SalesBread, the agency that’s generated 1,200+ fintech leads.