Trusted local HR consultant in Selma
CorLeon Group serves Selma employers about 35 miles north of our Visalia base. Grape and raisin packing, small manufacturing and family operations, with the most compressed harvest calendar in the Valley.
HR support for Selma employers, on the ground
We work with employers around downtown Second Street and Highland Avenue, out through the industrial area and the packing and drying operations spread across the surrounding grape country. Mostly family owned, mostly under a hundred people, all facing the same California requirements as anyone larger.
Local To SelmaEvery HR service we offer, available in Selma
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HR Consulting in Selma
Advisory support on people strategy, policy and day-to-day HR decisions.
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HR Compliance Services in Selma
Your current policies and practices reviewed against California and federal requirements.
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Employee Relations in Selma
Structured handling of workplace conflicts, complaints and manager-employee issues.
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Recruiting Services in Selma
Role scoping through signed offer, with structured interviewing.
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Direct Hire Recruiting in Selma
Full-cycle search for permanent roles you need filled once, filled right.
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HR On-Demand Support in Selma
Pay-as-you-go HR expertise at $100 to $200 an hour, with no retainer commitment.
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Fractional HR Services in Selma
Ongoing access to HR expertise without a full-time hire, billed hourly, by retainer or by project.
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HR Policy Development in Selma
Individual workplace policies drafted and updated outside a full handbook.
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Employee Handbook Services in Selma
A custom, state-compliant handbook written to your policies and workforce, $800 to $1,500.
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Workplace Investigations in Selma
Documented, neutral handling of formal complaints and misconduct reports.
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Performance Management in Selma
Review cycles, goal-setting frameworks and documentation practices.
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Hiring & Onboarding in Selma
Hiring paperwork, new-hire compliance and onboarding process design.
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Strategic HR Services in Selma
Workforce planning and policy strategy tied to your business goals.
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What we get called about here
A harvest window measured in weeks
Raisin harvest is the tightest labor window in the Valley. Crews arrive, work intensely and leave, and the intake paperwork for all of them has to be right the first time because there is no second pass.
Piece rate that does not add up
California piece rate rules require separate paid rest periods and specific wage statement detail. Most piece rate systems we review in Selma were designed before those rules and have never been revisited.
Family businesses with no HR at all
A large share of employers here are family run with no HR function whatsoever. Every employment decision sits with an owner who is also running the operation, and there is rarely anyone to check the call against.
What shapes HR risk in Selma
Generic policy fails here for specific reasons. These four conditions drive most of what we find when we audit a Fresno County employer for the first time.
Selma is the center of the raisin industry, and the drying and packing calendar drives nearly all local seasonal employment.
The critical labor window is measured in weeks rather than months, leaving no room to correct paperwork after the fact.
Piece rate pay is widespread and carries specific California requirements for rest period compensation and wage statements.
Most employers are family owned with no dedicated HR, so decisions are made by owners without a second opinion available.
The city we are working in
Selma calls itself the Raisin Capital of the World and the claim is defensible. The town sits on Highway 99 south of Fresno in the middle of the grape growing region that supplies most of the country's raisins, and the drying and packing operations around it are the reason the local employment calendar looks the way it does.
Downtown along Second Street holds the older independent businesses, professional offices and the retail that serves the surrounding agricultural community. Adventist Health Selma anchors local healthcare employment. The industrial area and the Rockwell corridor carry small manufacturing and packing operations. Beyond the town limits it is vineyards and drying yards in every direction.
What makes Selma distinctive is the compression. Raisin harvest concentrates an enormous amount of hiring into a very short window, and piece rate pay is the norm rather than the exception. Both carry specific California requirements that were written after most local pay systems were designed. We serve Selma about 35 miles north of our Visalia base, close enough to be onsite before harvest rather than after a claim.
Onsite work in Selma is typically scheduled inside the same week. Remote advisory starts the day we agree on scope.
What Selma employers say
Our piece rate system was set up by my father and had never been reviewed against the current rules. They found three problems and fixed all of them before harvest.
We take on a lot of people in a very short time and the paperwork was always a scramble. Now there is one process and our leads run it without me standing over them.
I am the owner, the HR department and the person who fixes the forklift. Having an HR advisor to call before I act has been worth every dollar.
Neighborhoods and districts we cover
We take work across Selma and the surrounding Fresno County communities. If your operation sits just outside the list, it is still worth a call.
Selma questions, answered
We serve Selma about 35 miles north of our Visalia base. Close enough to be onsite the same week, and ideally before harvest rather than in the middle of it.
Need an HR consultant in Selma?
Tell us what is going on and we will tell you what it takes to put it right. No obligation, and a callback within one business day.