Industry HR

HR for Firms Where Talent Is the Product.

In accounting, law, consulting, and financial services, your people are your revenue. Compensation competitiveness, retention, and a legally sound employment environment aren't HR problems, they're business continuity problems.

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  • Certified HR practitioners
  • Since 1958
Professionals at work in finance & professional services
Professional services HR challenges

In professional services, HR is a revenue issue

  • 1Compensation compression as junior staff approach tenured employee pay
  • 2Non-compete and non-solicitation agreements that may not hold in some states
  • 3FLSA classification questions for highly-compensated exempt employees
  • 4Harassment and retaliation risk in high-pressure, client-facing environments
  • 5Multi-state compliance as remote work expands your employment footprint
Catapult solutions

How Catapult supports professional services firms

  • Market-based compensation benchmarking for attorneys, accountants, consultants and analysts
  • Career path frameworks with competency models from junior to partner
  • Classification analysis and non-compete enforceability reviews
  • Confidential, documented workplace investigations
  • Manager and partner training on employment law basics
  • Employment agreements, offer letters and handbooks reviewed for enforceability
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By the numbers

Why finance & professional services HR needs a specialist

2x
Replacing an employee can cost up to two times their annual salary, per Gallup estimates
52%
Of employees who voluntarily left say their manager or organization could have prevented it
6.3M
Workers who quit jobs in professional and business services during 2025
What members say

“The services and support provided by Catapult have consistently been top tier! As a C-Suite HR Leader, the trusted feedback and resources readily available by Catapult has proven over several years to be incredibly valuable. Special shoutout to Linda Hunter for her consultation to me, my team, and the organization at-large!”

Joseph Johnson, Trustpilot review, May 2026

Legal partnership

Employment attorney access built into your membership

Catapult members get access to Ogletree Deakins employment attorneys nationwide, included in membership, with no billable hour surprises. When your firm faces an employment law question that needs attorney-level certainty, you have it.

Protect the People Who Drive Your Revenue.

In professional services, talent isn't a line item, it's the business. Let's build the HR infrastructure that keeps your best people and protects your firm.