The operating studio behind Trillium Hiring.

Trilly Co. is the parent company and brand home for Trillium Hiring — your partner in hands-on recruiting and HR operations for small businesses and startups in Seattle and the PNW.

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20-minute first call. Straight answer by minute five — fit or not.

Based in Seattle

Serving small businesses and startups across King County and the PNW.

Best fit 5–50 employees

When HR or hiring has quietly outpaced the systems behind it.

Working style Hands-on

We build the system and stay close until it sticks. No slide decks that collect dust.

First step 20-minute call

We'll tell you in the first five minutes if we're a fit. If not, we'll point you to someone who is.

200+ placements
30+ companies
32 days avg time-to-fill
9.2 Founder NPS

Where it hurts

  • Hiring is active but the system behind it is uneven and hard to rely on.
  • HR work lives in too many places and depends too much on a single person.
  • Workflow has turned reactive — details slip, follow-up becomes the job.
  • Leadership needs relief from the people-ops burden, not another process to manage.

What changes

A cleaner hiring system. Better structure around employee process. More confidence in how work moves. Fewer avoidable handoff problems. And more capacity for the team to focus on building instead of constant repair.

Our Approach

From reactive process to a steady operating rhythm.

The best systems are not just well designed — they are grounded in how the team actually works and maintained well enough to stay that way.

01

Diagnose the friction

Find exactly where hiring, HR, and people workflow is creating drag, cost, or avoidable risk.

02

Prioritize the moves

Focus on the changes that deliver the most clarity and operational relief first.

03

Build the system

Implement structure and process that holds up under real operating pressure.

04

Support adoption

Stay close through implementation so the work actually sticks and pays off over time.

Support areas

Where the work actually breaks down.

Hiring systems, onboarding, workflow structure — the operational details that compound when left unaddressed. That's where we show up.

Recruiting operations

For teams where hiring is active but the system behind it is creating friction, inconsistency, or avoidable rework.

ATS structure

Cleaner stages, clearer ownership, and a workflow the team can actually trust.

Interview process

More consistent evaluation, better handoffs, and stronger hiring decisions.

Scorecard support

Structured evaluation criteria that reduce guesswork and improve consistency.

Hiring coordination

Better visibility and follow-through across open roles and interview pipelines.

HR & people process

For teams where HR has become reactive, fragmented, or too dependent on one person to run reliably.

Onboarding

A more structured, repeatable first experience that sets people up well from day one.

People workflow

More consistency in how employee tasks and internal process move through the business.

Operational cleanup

Less friction where process has become too manual, scattered, or hard to maintain.

Team process

Stronger handoffs, better tracking, and work that stays on track without constant follow-up.

Trillium Hiring — a Trilly Co. company

The first company under the studio.

Trillium Hiring is the first operating company under the Trilly Co. studio. It delivers hands-on recruiting and HR operations for small businesses and startups — with clear packages, direct delivery, and a track record of 200+ placements across 30+ companies. As the studio grows, Trilly Co. will add more companies and services under the same standard.

The bottom line

Better people systems create more room to build.

Cleaner hiring, steadier operations, better handoffs, and less energy lost to avoidable process friction. That is what this work is built to deliver — for small businesses and startups alike.

Questions

For teams deciding if Trilly Co is the right fit.

What is Trilly Co.?

Trilly Co. is an operating studio — a parent company that builds and runs several small service businesses under one shared standard. Trillium Hiring is the first company under the studio. The trillium flower has three petals. We treat that as three commitments: the brand stays coherent, the operators stay senior, and the work stays close to delivery.

What is Trillium Hiring?

Trillium Hiring is the first operating company under the Trilly Co. studio. It delivers hands-on recruiting and HR operations for small businesses and startups in Seattle and the PNW — with clear packages, direct delivery, and 200+ placements across 30+ companies.

What services does Trillium Hiring offer?

Two main packages: Small Business (stop being your own HR department — onboarding, compliance, steady hiring) and Startup (look like you have a Head of People before you hire one — recruiting ops, HR systems that scale). Both include fractional HR leadership and hands-on execution support.

Who is this site for?

If you're a small business owner or startup founder in Seattle/King County dealing with hiring or HR friction, start with Trillium Hiring's packages. If you're interested in the studio model, future companies under Trilly Co., or partnership opportunities, use the contact form.

What does a typical engagement look like?

Most start with a focused 20-minute call about where the business is right now — what is working, what is not, and where the most useful leverage is. From there, scope and structure are shaped to fit the team and the specific problem. Some engagements are defined and short; others are ongoing and iterative.

What problems are the strongest fit?

Usually some mix of recruiting friction, HR process gaps, onboarding weakness, or workflow that has outgrown the informal systems holding it together. If the team is growing and the people-side is struggling to keep up — or if one person is carrying more process weight than is sustainable — that is the right conversation to start.

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Take the first step.

Share a bit about the business, what feels messy, and where support would make the biggest difference. We'll tell you in the first five minutes if Trillium Hiring is the right fit — and if it's not, we'll point you to someone who is.

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