Folio HR

Folio HR is a resource site that helps teams understand HR before they commit to a tool. It publishes practical, plain-English guides on hiring, payroll, performance management and compliance, and keeps a resource directory of HR tools, templates and service providers one click away from the guides that explain them.

The editorial focus is the groundwork that comes before a purchasing decision: what a process actually involves, which requirements apply, and what to expect from the software that supports it. Recent coverage includes virtual recruiting, explaining how the process works with AI and digital tools, the benefits for employers and job seekers, and the legal compliance requirements involved.

Alongside the guides, the site collects templates and resources for growing teams, covering hiring, payroll, performance management, HR software, courses and service resources. Each guide links directly into the matching part of the resource directory, so a reader can move from understanding a process to picking a tool or template for it without starting a separate search.

The audience is modern teams that do not have a dedicated HR department: founders, operations and people managers, and small HR teams who need to run hiring, payroll and performance processes correctly and stay compliant, but who need the explanation first and the software recommendation second.

Folio HR is free to read and requires no account. Guides are published as plain-English articles with a dated archive, and the site is organised around the recurring topics of hiring, payroll, performance management and compliance rather than around vendor marketing.