Karen Dolan
Outsourced HR Services
I am Karen Dolan, the owner here at Karen HRM, with the sole focus of helping business leaders protect, develop and grow their business. Business leaders would describe me as someone who is able to build trust and credibility quickly along with always being friendly and good-humoured.
Experienced HR Director – Tech Specialist
I have more than 25 years’ experience in Human Resources working in a variety of hardware and software companies. These roles have covered senior HR positions within many of the market leading organisations in this sector. I have also managed both local and international teams.
Pragmatic Approach
My approach centres on listening to the issues, discussing possible options and ways forward, and then working with the business to deliver the most appropriate outsourced HR solutions against an agreed plan of action.
A proud Chartered Member of the CIPD, I pass on that wealth of career knowledge by mentoring early-career HR professionals. I also enjoy volunteering for the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice in Farnham.
I have a post-graduate diploma in People Management and am part of an alumni network that funds disadvantaged students every year. And in my spare time, I love live music and spending time walking with my dog Peppa.
Backed by a successful track record in tech, Karen HRM is an independent HR Consultant to ambitious businesses in Surrey, Berks and Hampshire
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Themes will cover the full employee life cycle.
Why choose an Independent HR Consultant?
Employing and managing people in a growing business frankly can be daunting.
Especially as these people are the key to your success. By finding and keeping a great team, your business can scale rapidly, increase profits and hit financial targets faster.
You need an HR specialist to do this, because although some of this is intuitive, most people issues have important legal and compliance implications.
Running your own business is exciting and an amazing thing to do, but you need specialist help to avoid unseen pitfalls.
Take control with our flexible costing model
With an independent HR consultant, you have low risk access to a HR professional with the experience and skills to set up and manage your complete people processes. We are not employed by you, you simply pay when you need us – for a specific project – a day a week – a day a month – you choose.
Helping you Manage the Employee Life Cycle
There are many phases to managing people and many pitfalls along the way.
From attracting in that first employee to terminating someone’s employment and everything in between, we can help you manage the associated people issue in any phase.

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Let us help you protect, develop and grow your business.
We offer pragmatic HR advice and services to you as an owner of a small tech business.
With our HR knowledge, experience and everyday common sense we can be your trusted independent HR consultant and business advisor.