Recruiting & talent acquisition
Employer brand, job advertising, sourcing, candidate screening, interview systems and hiring manager training, so routes get filled and stay filled.
PestWorld 2026 Booth 138
Your HR partner.
We built pest control HR from the inside.
25+ years of pest control experience.
Built by pest people.
For pest people.
- 25+
- Years in the pest industry
- 20+
- Pest brands supported
- 1,000+
- Team members hired
- 75%
- Employee retention increase
You handle the business.
We’ll handle the people.
Three things, done properly, for Pest Control companies of any size.
HR & compliance
Handbooks, onboarding, pay and commission structures, multi-state compliance and employee relations. The unglamorous work that keeps you out of trouble.
Leadership & retention
Branch and service manager development, performance management, career paths and retention systems. Turnover is a system problem. We fix the system.
We didn’t read about the
pest industry. We lived it.
We built and led HR and talent acquisition inside one of the fastest-growing Pest Control companies in the country. You shouldn’t have to spend three months teaching your HR partner how pest works.
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We know the season
Spring ramp, summer churn, winter carry. Hiring plans built around your actual service calendar.
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Recruiting and HR under one roof
One partner across the whole employee lifecycle, from the first job ad to the exit interview.
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Built for growth
People systems that support new branches and new states, not just keeping the lights on.
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Operators, not theorists
We have built the departments, run the numbers and had the hard conversations ourselves.
What pest pros are saying about Simply HR.
Real quotes, real clients.
Chris Call Source Termite Solutions COO · formerly VP of Business Development & Operations, Fox Pest Control
I highly recommend Simply HR. They’ve been an incredible asset to our business. They’ve not only brought us top-tier talent in our target markets but also navigated the complexities of wage and hour laws as we expanded into new states. If you’re looking for high-level execution, they deliver.
Ryan Marshall Vinx Pest Control CEO & Founder
SimplyHR has been a tremendous resource for Vinx Pest Control as we’ve continued to grow. They brought structure, consistency, and professionalism to our HR and recruiting processes while helping us build stronger systems around onboarding, employee experience, policies, and talent acquisition. I would gladly recommend SimplyHR to any growing company looking for experienced HR and recruiting support.
Alex Watts Provisio EHS Co-Founder
SimplyHR has been a great partner in helping us hire and manage W-2 employees across multiple states. Their team is knowledgeable, responsive, and has made navigating HR requirements much easier for our company. Highly recommend!
Where our experience was built
We built the people system inside a nationwide Pest Control company, and that system helped make it acquirable. A global publicly-traded company bought it, and we stayed on to own HR processes across the business.
From a five-person family shop to a twenty-thousand-person national brand, we have sat on your side of the table at both ends of that range. Ask us at the booth and we will happily name names.
The people you’ll
actually be working with.
Not a call centre. Not a junior generalist. These five.
Austin Truman MBA · MHR · SHRM-CP
HR strategy · Organizational development · Leadership
- Built the HR function at a nationwide Pest Control company from the ground up
- Scaled people systems from 300 to 1,800 employees in four years
- Owned HR processes after a global publicly-traded company acquired it
- SHRM Certified Professional, dual MBA/MHR
Nate Day MHR, MBML
Talent acquisition · Recruiting systems · People development
- Created the talent acquisition department at a nationwide pest company
- Has led recruiting for local start-ups up to multi-billion-dollar companies
- Turns recruiting from a constant fire drill into a repeatable system
- Experienced in entry-level to director-level HR in the pest industry
- Master’s degrees in HR and Business Management
Chad Truman
Inside sales · Sales process · Revenue growth
- Five and a half years inside a nationwide Pest Control company
- 15+ years in sales, from family-run businesses to the Fortune 1000
- Builds the sales engine: lead management, KPI tracking, closing strategy
- Studied Entrepreneurship at Utah State University
Spencer Mecham CHRP
Recruiting · Process improvement · HR automation
- Runs high-volume outreach and interviewing, taking leaders from broad applicant pools to confident hires
- Leads leadership development and rolls out practical manager training and performance conversations
- Builds simple automation that cuts manual work and gives leaders usable insight into their people practices
- Certified Human Resources Professional, bachelor’s in HR from Brigham Young University
Melanie Spackman MS, OD
Program design · Process optimization · Quality & safety
- Nearly two decades structuring programs that support growth and process optimization
- Expansive background across Quality, Safety and Human Resources
- A small business owner herself — knows launching, scaling and sustaining first-hand
- Master’s degree in Organizational Development
We know the roles and positions you work with.
- Pest control technicians
- Service managers
- Branch managers
- Sales representatives
- Customer service
- Inside sales
- Operations leaders
- Recruiters
- Administrative staff
- Corporate leadership
You don’t need to spend the first three months teaching us your business. We already speak pest.
Your pest company doesn’t need more HR.
It needs a people system.
The best pest companies don’t win because they have the longest handbook. They win because they consistently find better people, hire the right ones, develop stronger leaders and keep their best performers.
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Attract
- Employer brand
- Job advertising
- Sourcing strategy
- Recruiting funnels
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Hire
- Interview systems
- Candidate screening
- Hiring manager training
- Selection processes
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Develop
- Onboarding
- Leadership development
- Performance management
- Career paths
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Retain
- Compensation strategy
- Employee experience
- Accountability
- Retention systems
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Scale
- HR infrastructure
- Compliance
- People analytics
- Multi-branch systems
Three ways to work with us.
Every engagement is scoped to your size and your situation. This is the shape of it.
On call
For the owner who mostly needs a phone number that knows the answer.
Starting at$500per month
- Unlimited HR guidance
- Handbook and policy review
- Compliance check
- Document and template library
Fractional HR & TA
For the company growing faster than its people systems.
Scoped to youCustombuilt around your size
- Everything in On call
- Active recruiting support
- Onboarding and training systems
- Manager coaching
- Pay and commission structure
Full people system
For multi-branch operators building to scale or to sell.
Scoped to youCustombuilt around your size
- Embedded HR and talent acquisition
- Multi-branch infrastructure
- Leadership development programme
- People analytics and reporting
- Acquisition and expansion support
Not ready for a retainer? We can still do the work.
Standalone projects are a common starting point. One piece of work, scoped and priced on its own, with no ongoing commitment.
- Employee handbook
- Compliance audit
- Compensation review
- Executive search
- Talent placement
- Cleanup after an incident
- Hourly consulting
- Operations consulting
- IT consulting
- Inside sales consulting
What happens after you get in touch
- AssessWe learn your goals, your gaps and your culture.
- BuildWe design the HR and hiring plan around them.
- ImplementWe roll out the systems, tools and training.
- GrowBetter people. Stronger teams. Bigger results.
Let’s build your dream team.
Bring us the one thing about your people that is costing you the most. We’ll tell you straight whether we can help.
30-minute HR consult
Free
A straight conversation, not a sales call.
- Where your hiring or your turnover is actually costing you money
- What a people system looks like at your size
- Whether we are the right fit. We will tell you either way.
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